DuPont Insider Breach, Take #2

September 16th, 2009 by Agent Smith (0) DLP, Data Theft & Loss, Default, In the News

DuPont seems unable to stay away from malicious employees, determined to steal ans sell their secrets. Two years after an insider breach thought to have caused losses of USD 400 million, DuPont has first fired and then filed a lawsuit against a Chinese-born employee, accusing him of misappropriation of trade secrets. As explained by DarkReading, DuPont discovered the employee’s incriminating actions while reviewing his hard drive prior to transferring him to China. He had downloaded a number of proprietary files about the OLED, claims the company.

“As a science company, DuPont acts to protect our unique and confidential technologies,” a company issued statement said. “These events underscore our unwavering commitment to protect the integrity of our proprietary science and technology for the benefit of DuPont shareholders, employees and customers.”

Putting their employees behind bars and making them pay fines might be a solution. But probably not the most effective. If I may, I’d recommend some proactive data loss prevention instead :)

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