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Tracking employee theft
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Unless you have some sort of auditing in place, you're going to have a hard time showing what has already been taken off the computer.
It might be wise to lock down the USB drives to prevent 'pen drives' being written to, I'd do the same with with the CD burner, too. On the human side it might be worth reminding the employee of the contract he signed when he joined, and that giving/selling your company's data to others would not be a good idea. I'm assuming he'd have signed such a document, it's pretty standard stuff.
Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.
It might be wise to lock down the USB drives to prevent 'pen drives' being written to, I'd do the same with with the CD burner, too. On the human side it might be worth reminding the employee of the contract he signed when he joined, and that giving/selling your company's data to others would not be a good idea. I'm assuming he'd have signed such a document, it's pretty standard stuff.
Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.
if you have concerns about this actually taking place;
call the person into your office and give them their exit interview and final check. during the exit interview gently remind the person of any company policies and remedies you may have in the future should it be discovered the employee broke any policies, agreements, or laws. specifically ask the employee if they have any company information or data on their person in the form of flash/pen drives, cd, pda, or camera phone (note the usefulness of a witness).
then tell them to go home you will empty their desk of any personal items and send it to them. an escort/witness would be a good idea during the time the person is in your office and on the way out the door.
after the person has left the building you should secure the PC and turn it over to your legal department for investigation to prove or disprove your concerns.
call the person into your office and give them their exit interview and final check. during the exit interview gently remind the person of any company policies and remedies you may have in the future should it be discovered the employee broke any policies, agreements, or laws. specifically ask the employee if they have any company information or data on their person in the form of flash/pen drives, cd, pda, or camera phone (note the usefulness of a witness).
then tell them to go home you will empty their desk of any personal items and send it to them. an escort/witness would be a good idea during the time the person is in your office and on the way out the door.
after the person has left the building you should secure the PC and turn it over to your legal department for investigation to prove or disprove your concerns.
Do exactly as eyec says, I agree completely.
It may be harder on the person that will take over his projects, but that's a small thing compared to the damage that the exiting employee can do. You're not only at risk of things being taken with him, but also things being deleted before he goes. I had to deal with that earlier this year.
It's better to prevent a fire than to have to put one out.
It may be harder on the person that will take over his projects, but that's a small thing compared to the damage that the exiting employee can do. You're not only at risk of things being taken with him, but also things being deleted before he goes. I had to deal with that earlier this year.
It's better to prevent a fire than to have to put one out.
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