IT staff 'blame bosses for data loss'

05 August 2008

IT staff 'blame bosses for data loss' IT staff 'blame bosses for data loss'

Two thirds of IT professionals believe employers are to blame when confidential data is lost, rather than the individual responsible for the breach, it is claimed.

A study of 100 IT professionals and 1,000 office workers conducted by Tumbleweed Communications reveals that employees believe their managers should be accountable for the actions of staff in the workplace, reports CBR Online.

Only 21 per cent of IT workers believed the person who directly caused the breach incident were responsible for their actions.

Craig Whitney, managing director EMEA of Tumbleweed, said the UK needed to adopt "more stringent regulations" similar to those in the US to force firms to pay more attention to information security.

He added: "Only if CEOs are held to account will accidental data breaches in the UK cease being a daily occurrence."

Central government has been hit by a number of data security disasters over the past year, most recently involving confidential documents relating to the Iraqi security forces an al-Qaeda being left on a train.

The Ministry of Defence was also forced to admit recently that the number of laptops reported lost or stolen in the last year was double that originally thought.

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