Privilege abuse widespread among infosecurity professionals

Almost 65 percent of security professionals surveyed at the recent RSA conference admit to accessing documents that have nothing to do with their jobs. The study by risk analytics specialist Gurucul also reveals that nearly one in five (19 percent) of respondents admit to having abused their privileged access to view sensitive data. That number increases to 36 percent among those who've had a poor job performance review. In addition 38 percent of respondents send company documents to their personal email, and 47 percent of security professionals have clicked on a link in an email they received from someone they didn't… [Continue Reading]