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Statistics show, that the main threat to the information technology infrastructure of a company comes from within the company and not from external intrusion.

Cases of sexual harassment via emails, corporate espionage, theft of trade secrets are rife in the corporate world. In addition, employee dismissal and disciplinary measures   has become increasingly connected with the flouting of corporate policies relating to the use and abuse of  corporate computers and the plain theft  or unauthorised access of company data and intellectual property is on the increase.

  

Against this background, it is imperative that  companies have the proper legal and technology structures in place to monitor compliance and address possible intrusion like corporate espionage and the threat that comes from within.

If the reasons for dismissal or exacting disciplinary measures is connected with the wrongful use of Computers, proof of such corporate policy violation becomes crucial. Mere assertion of the fact of abuse will not suffice.

In the absence of a coherent incident protocol in place, it is very likely that the required evidence is not identified , secured and extracted at the appropriate time in a professional manner.

 
 

are you prepared ... Litigation ?

Conversely, where such evidence of  abuse is identified, an ill informed methodology for its identification and extraction by untrained staff often will render an otherwise probative piece of evidence useless. Great care must be taken to extract, analyse and present this evidence. This is a job for a trained professional. The moral here, is to seek professional assistance, and promptly when the cause of employee dismissal or corporate sanction is connected with the use and abuse of Company Computers or digital property.

How can we Help ?

We are engaged with you in the entire process of crafting the necessary protocols to lay a sound legal and technological foundation for enforcing corporate security policy to safe guard your data assets and prepare for any potential employee litigation.

We commence with a sound gap analysis to identify areas of possible lapses and potential loop holes that allow for abuse of the computer infrastructure and exposure to potential corporate  liabilities. This involves an assessment of the data security structure of the company, existing Human resource staff policies, computer use policy and resource authorisation for local and remote users.

All of these data provide the basis for drafting and implementing a suitable legal and technical protocol for your company.

Once the necessary protocols are in place, we conduct regular audits to ensure compliance. Statistics shows, that  it is better to leave the job of auditing compliance to an external party to ensure independence  and prevent  internal staff complacency.    Contact us for further details.

 
 
 
 
 
                                      
 

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