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Crimes & misdemeanours

19 April 2012 / Tony Sykes
Issue: 7510 / Categories: Features , Profession , Technology , Criminal
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Tony Sykes of IT Group UK advocates forensic IT to catch dishonest employees

When employees leave their employment for a new job or for some other reason, there are usually some standard HR processes that the employer carries out. Many of these are obvious and routine: production of a P45, for example, removal from the payroll and up-dating of the internal telephone directory. In this modern age of electronic communications it is also necessary to remove or re-direct the e-mail account and to back-up and possibly reassign the laptop and desk top PC. Many of us now have company iPhones or other devices such as tablets and portable media. All of these need carefully dealing with too.

If an employee is to be fired or made redundant, then more stringent processes are commonly deployed and the timing of the locking down of e-mails and the cancelling of passwords is vital to ensure the process goes smoothly.

Copying data

But what happens when an employee is leaving for sinister reasons? It is

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