Security News > 2021 > June > Employees are valuable assets: Why you need to safeguard them
2021-06-23 14:26
Two experts suggest calling employees "Insider threats" is counterproductive; employees are assets needing protection.
Notice, there is no mention of blame; Priestap and Triplett see employees as assets that need protecting.
Businesses have added programs that designate employees as threats and rely on surveillance as a means to control employee behavior.
Businesses, according to Priestap and Triplett, need a proactive and persistent program to protect their employees from adversaries-nation-states or cybercriminals.
Provide employees with the information and tools to protect themselves, and the assets they handle.
Both intellectual property and employees should be considered valuable assets that need to be protected.