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As many as 88 percent of IT workers would consider stealing valuable and sensitive company information if they were made redundant, according to a new survey.

Cyber-Ark’s Trust, Security & Passwords survey revealed that a CEO’s passwords, customer databases and research and development plans are among the information most likely to be taken by disgruntled employees.

Cyber-Ark also identified that one third of companies believe that industrial espionage and data leakage is commonplace with 25 percent of those surveyed admitting to having suffered from an incident of industrial espionage.

“Our advice is secure the most privileged data, and routinely change and manage passwords, so that if an employee’s contract is terminated, whether sacked or made redundant, they can’t maliciously play havoc inside the network or vindictively steal data for competitive or financial gain,” said Udi Mokady - co-founder and CEO of Cyber-Ark.

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