How using forensics can help protect your organisation’s digital assets; and what is the right thing to do when you encounter the following scenarios?
Scenario 1:
A senior employee has announced their resignation and is moving to a competitor. Allegations arise surrounding the theft of sensitive organisation data by this employee.
There are a several ways in which digital data can be transferred out of an organisation including USB memory devices, email, or cloud-based file hosting services.
- Do you have any policies in place to avoid former employees stealing confidential data?
- Did you know our team can forensically track the movement of data through a multitude of digital devices?
Scenario 2:
Your organisation has a high turnover of staff and the devices are often recycled back into the organisation.
- Are you aware that resetting the device does not wipe the data?
- What process does your organisation utilise to securely recycle or decommission the devices?
- What GDPR security obligations do you have when recycling devices?
- Have you considered a forensic analysis of the device to understand an employee’s activities before leaving the organisation; and whether any information has been stolen or leaked?
Scenario 3:
An employee has allegedly viewed or downloaded pornographic material on their work device.
- Did you know you can utilise digital forensic techniques to view an employee’s browsing history, even when they are utilising private browsing?
Scenario 4:
An employee complains that their line manager is bullying them via an organisation-owned instant messaging app.
- What level of logging does the organisation-owned instant messaging app contain?
- Have you considered recovering deleted messages via a forensics investigation?
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