The recent problem with salacious pictures of celebrities of celebrities appearing online shows that most folks are not stopping to think before putting something online. Americans as a rule general prefer convenience over privacy in the ways that computers interface with them. This may be fine for some things but not in an area where the content is sensitive.
Business users will shake their heads at the foolhardiness of putting such sensitive data online in a way so easily hacked by determined users. Naked pictures may be more tantalizing but just as serious is sensitive business information. The impact to your career and those of your co-workers can be devastating by leaving exposed information of value to competitors. When millions of dollars are at stake the morals of many in our world will disappear if they ever existed at all. Assuming that all of those who share the market place are ethical is just as naive as the hacked celebrities.
What areas should be considered as worth the time of reflection before proceeding to putting something down on the proverbial paper. Areas may include email, electronic notes left on your computer, company intranet, web pages, electronic discussion groups (internal and web based), and documents you compose and print from a computer. Each of these methods of communication and documentation come with varying levels of risk for both hacking and revelation of sensitive information.
In future posts each of the aforementioned areas will be discussed in more detail. For now the key thing is to stop for 3 seconds and ask the question:
Do I want to make a permanent record of this item?
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