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For many businesses data theft is a very important problem. Data theft can take place with many ways, and usually it involves an "insider", an employee or someone who has access to the business' IT infrastructure. There are usually three questions that need to be asked.

What can be stolen:

Data theft is the stealing of information or data from a business environment. It refers to data that is almost always private and confidential, and not available in the public domain (i.e. Balance Sheet). Data theft can include the stealing of:

  financial information,
  personnel records,
  business and marketing plans,
  patents & blue prints
  sales records,
  customer information etc.

How can your data be stolen:

The information can be stolen by

  emailing data outside the business network
  copying the data on a CD/DVD or a USB key
  making hard copies and carrying them out
  hide the sensitive data inside an apparently harmless or irrelevant file (i.e. document, photo etc.)
  providing access to an outsider through clandestine software applications

Sensitive business data can be stolen by disloyal employees, by employees who want to leave the company or who suspect they will get fired, by industrial espionage experts, or simply greedy people who will easily accept money from competitors.

In any case, it is your right to protect your business. There are forensic ways to determine the kind of information that has been sent out on the internet, or stored in various devices. Call us and find out how you can protect your business.

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