Computer Scrubbing and Data Theft: It's Dirty Business if Employers Are Not Prepared
Workforce Management
8/2011
Mitch Danzig and Brandon Willenberg
"In today’s highly technical world, the loss of proprietary information can happen in an instant. By simply plugging in a USB drive, an employee can obtain all sorts of critical company information, including client data, product development data and company financials. And covering up one’s computer tracks through electronically “wiping” or “scrubbing” a computer can be just as easy."
In this article, "Computer Scrubbing and Data Theft: It's Dirty Business if Employers Are Not Prepared," published in Workforce Management in the August 2011 issue, Mintz Levin attorneys Mitch Danzig and Brandon Willenberg outline the serious risk of data theft that employers face, and the necessary prevention measures all companies should take.
