Snooping IT Workers?

Have you ever sent a computer in for repair and wondered about how secure your data is?  Could your papers for school end up on websites that sell them for a profit?  Could your music be copied and passed out to others?  It seems that not only does this happen on a personal level but also on a corporate level.

“When it comes down to it, IT has essentially enabled snooping to happen. It’s easy — all you need is access to the right passwords or privileged accounts and you’re privy to everything that’s going on within your company,” said Mark Fullbrook, U.K. director of Cyber-Ark. 

Link: Nearly half of IT workers snoop in confidential files

Be very cautious about the information that you pass onto other people.  I have seen an employee at BestBuy snooping through a users picture while they were ‘repairing’ a PC.  In most cases, if you have to send a computer in for repair you should backup your data and do a clean install on your system.  This ensures that your data stays with you.  You cannot always trust those who claim to be professional.

Justin Capasso