Insider snooping on the rise

Dave Bailey
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More than a third of IT staff admit to breaching corporate security and accessing critical data, says research

Survey says 74 per cent of IT admin staff can 'circumvent' network security More than third (35 per cent) of IT staff have used their administration rights to breach data security, giving them ac...

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