Ever noticed how things can sometimes go missing at work? New research from Avery UK has revealed that the ‘workplace thief’ is most likely to be a middle ranking member of staff or even the boss, while trainees, temporary staff and junior employees were the least likely to be light-fingered with company property. The study…
The reputational damage to eBay could hardly be greater. Every single one of its 15 million British users is being required to change their passwords following a security breach. One would expect that a company as large as eBay would have fairly stringent security measures in place. So what kind of highly sophisticated hacking techniques…
The latest intelligence on Al-Qaeda, a high profile Child Protection report and plans for policing the London 2012 Olympics; three very different documents with two things in common: firstly, they all contained highly confidential information and secondly, they were all left on a train. In each example, an inquisitive fellow commuter picked up the folder,…
IntegriTool UK Ltd has launched a revolutionary tool to help reduce the chances of hiring dishonest people, and therefore dramatically reducing the incidence of stock theft and employee fraud. According to the 2013/14 UK Retail Fraud Survey, retailers’ concern over merchandise theft by employees is second only to their concerns over shoplifting – 27 per…
The number of European companies falling victim to fraud has increased in the past year, according to the 2013 Kroll Global Fraud Report. Overall, 71 per cent of companies in Europe were affected by fraud in the past 12 months, slightly above the global average of 70 per cent and significantly up from 63 per…