Businesses who are reluctant to hire an outsourced IT support company often cite their concern about relying on third-parties as their reason for hiring internal IT support. Turns out having your own internal IT support resource isn’t necessarily safe. In many cases, your internal resource has a vested interest in your activities. They may read your email or peruse your files in an effort to understand where they stand within your company. In other cases they may get angry with you and delete all of your company’s data.
One IT employee in Florida thought she was going to be fired from a small architectural firm and as a parting shot to the owners she deleted seven years of drawings and blueprints. The truth was the owner wasn’t planning to hire a replacement, but instead find someone similar to work for his wife’s business. The company terminated Maria’s employment on Monday and she was arrested and charged with a felony. Read more about Maria Cooley‘s actions here.