{"id":33762,"date":"2020-03-10T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/vulnerabilities---threats\/3-tips-to-stay-secure-when-you-lose-an-employee\/a\/d-id\/1337220"},"modified":"2020-03-10T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T18:00:00","slug":"3-tips-to-stay-secure-when-you-lose-an-employee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/3-tips-to-stay-secure-when-you-lose-an-employee\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tips to Stay Secure When You Lose an Employee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whether they leave for a better job or get fired, and whether they mean to cause problems or do so out of ignorance, ex-workers can pose a threat to your company.<\/span> <\/p>\n

Research indicates that January and February are the most popular job-hunting months<\/a>, and that one of the main reasons people leave their jobs is for more money. Indeed, with unemployment currently low and the number of overall jobs growing, many workers are currently in a good position to land somewhere else in the next month or two and earn a higher salary. And if they have new jobs, that means they’re leaving their old companies \u2014 maybe yours.<\/p>\n

With the annual job shuffle still hot, it’s important to note that nobody wants a bad professional breakup resulting in burned bridges, hurt feelings, and lost \u2014 sometimes stolen \u2014 property.<\/p>\n

By “property” I mean valuable assets such as proprietary data, confidential information, and identity credentials. Unfortunately, that property can be compromised \u2014 often unintentionally.<\/p>\n

Various studies agree on the following:<\/p>\n