Bad ideas

There are things you could do in cyberspace that you should always avoid. The list that follows is not exhaustive and is only intended to make you think about what “bad ideas” might look like.

 

• Having an unprotected interaction with cyberspace (no anti-malware and no firewall)
• Misusing your employer’s systems and facilities (personal use of corporate e-mail)
• E-mailing your employer’s sensitive material to your personal e-mail account
• Printing, taking screen shots or downloading your employer’s confidential information and sharing with others
• Downloading and storing in your devices material best described as “inappropriate” – if deleted it could be easily recovered. If erased or shredded, a digital forensic expert will recover at least a part of it – should this happen you have not idea what trouble awaits you
• Making online comments that could be considered offensive, defamatory or libellous
• Planting malware or inappropriate material in someone else’s devices
• You get the idea…

 

 

 

Why is this an issue?

Because, to quote Albert Einstein: “The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits”. Therefore, you don’t want to live to regret your actions, trivial as they may seem at the time or believing “I’ll get away with this”. Maybe, but you can never be sure.