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Australian Survey Finds Email Leaks Leading to Increased Dismissal of Employees
An Australian survey company says that one in five businesses has terminated an employee for leaking “sensitive or embarrassing” company data via outbound email in the past year.
The survey conducted by Proofpoint/Forrester found that 23 percent of Australian survey respondents were the victims of data leakage by employees. In addition, the number of employees that were disciplined as a result of data leakage via email is on the increase.
However, some organizations find it difficult to scrutinize all dissemination of confidential data via email because there is a shortfall of technology needed to prevent such leakage. Additionally, the cost of conducting an investigation is also quite significant.
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