Security Risks and Concerns
There are real risks and concerns when the wrong users have access to
information as a result of inefficient or unverified user access controls.
Organisations naturally prefer to keep breaches of inappropriate staff access
private but some examples do come to light.
Real World Examples
Below are some excerpts from an article published by SC Magazine: "The financial risks of uncontrolled user access".
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A network manager, sacked by a manufacturer of measurement and control devices
used by the US Navy and NASA, was able to detonate a software 'time bomb' in
the company's network, destroying the programmes that ran its manufacturing
machines. The malicious code was responsible for $10 million in loses, 80
redundancies and the loss of several customers. |
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There's the computer technician who, having been fired from a temporary
position at one of New York's prominent publishing houses, was able to erase
all the data on five of the company's eight servers. The company was forced to
shut down its operation for two days and lost more than $100,000. |
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