Ethics and passwords

Fri Aug 29 14:07:06 PDT 2008

I just saw this on Slashdot:
"According to identity management firm Cyber-Ark's annual 'Trust,
Security & Passwords' survey, a whopping 88% of IT administrators
would steal CEO passwords, customer database, research and development
plans, financial reports, M&A plans and the company's list of
privileged passwords if they were suddenly laid off. The survey also
found that one third of IT staff admitted to snooping around the
network, looking at highly confidential information, such as salary
details and people's personal emails."

I can not believe the 88% number.  Seriously, there are ethics about
having access to information.  The people I know in the field are
pretty strongly willed ethically.  What are people's personal ethics
with regards to stealing passwords?  If you have access to the
information do you do this kind of thing? (maybe it's best to ask this
anonymously).

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Jennifer Davis