Theft in the Work Place: Is it becoming more common?
Lately I have been hearing more and more stories about theft in the work place. I don't mean theft by a stranger who happens to wander in to your work place, but theft by co-workers who often times have easy access to valuable personal information and possessions.
A co-worker of one of my friends was the victim of identity theft by his office mate, who casually stole his social security number and a credit card number then proceeded to open fraudulent accounts. The victim obviously thought he could trust his co-worker and left this valuable information laying around the office or open on his computer. How many times do we just step out for a minute from our offices or cubicles, leaving purses out, computers on and logged in, all sorts of valuable information in the open and easy access for someone to swipe? We generally don't think that someone we work with closely 5 days a week for 8 hours a day would steal from us. But they do!!
Another person I heard about recently, had their laptop stolen right out of their office at work. It belonged to the company they work for and was plugged in and being used at the time. The person just happened to step out of their office for a minute and when they came back, the lap top was gone! No one saw anything suspicious because people are always going in and out with laptop bags. It could have been anyone that took the laptop.
Unfortunately it is becoming more and more common for these types of thefts to occur in the work place. I started searching the web and found a few links that might be helpful in securing the workplace from theft. The first link is a quiz (very short) to find out how security savvy you really are. The second link is to a blog entry by Marc Orchant about identity theft and how to prevent it. And the third link is an article about how to secure your laptop while traveling. All of them seemed to have some very practical, good suggestions on how to keep you valuables safe.
Theft in the Work Place: What is your theft prevention IQ?
Identity Theft is No Joke
Security of Laptops
A co-worker of one of my friends was the victim of identity theft by his office mate, who casually stole his social security number and a credit card number then proceeded to open fraudulent accounts. The victim obviously thought he could trust his co-worker and left this valuable information laying around the office or open on his computer. How many times do we just step out for a minute from our offices or cubicles, leaving purses out, computers on and logged in, all sorts of valuable information in the open and easy access for someone to swipe? We generally don't think that someone we work with closely 5 days a week for 8 hours a day would steal from us. But they do!!
Another person I heard about recently, had their laptop stolen right out of their office at work. It belonged to the company they work for and was plugged in and being used at the time. The person just happened to step out of their office for a minute and when they came back, the lap top was gone! No one saw anything suspicious because people are always going in and out with laptop bags. It could have been anyone that took the laptop.
Unfortunately it is becoming more and more common for these types of thefts to occur in the work place. I started searching the web and found a few links that might be helpful in securing the workplace from theft. The first link is a quiz (very short) to find out how security savvy you really are. The second link is to a blog entry by Marc Orchant about identity theft and how to prevent it. And the third link is an article about how to secure your laptop while traveling. All of them seemed to have some very practical, good suggestions on how to keep you valuables safe.
Theft in the Work Place: What is your theft prevention IQ?
Identity Theft is No Joke
Security of Laptops
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