Wednesday 17 May 2017

Keep Hires From Starting Fires

 

Key questions to answer in the pre-hire stage of the employee life cycle. Learn More >>

The fact that trusted employees or contractors often create problems for the organizations they work for, is unfortunate, but remains a fact. But why? Companies take steps to protect themselves against the risks that are inherent when bringing in new people. Interviews, background checks, reference checks, etc., are all designed to mitigate risk. Unfortunately, it's never enough. This White Paper will present some common sense suggestions for improving the "beginning of the life cycle" risk mitigation process. In other words, ways to add a bit more intelligence beginning with the screening and hiring process. Then, we'll look at how to tie the efforts made at the beginning of the life cycle to the rest of the employee life cycle, using a combination of process and tools to significantly improve security, and reduce the chances of an insider incident.

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Someday, sometime, an employee with access to sensitive data, intellectual property, or trade secrets is going to leave your company, which makes their departure risky to the organization. Sure, you’ve "trusted" them as part of their employment, but when the time comes to change jobs, you can't always be certain about the motive for the move. The assumption should always be they're leaving to go to a competitor; while you normally hope for the best, you should expect and plan for the worst.

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Additional Resources

The 2016 Cyber Risk Report

Few Fully Prepared for Software Security Risks