More on Electronic Evidence of Employee Disloyalty

In a fortuitous development, the “Marketplace” section of today’s Wall Street Journal contains an article that fits nicely with my most recent post (“Electronic Evidence: Who Benefits the Most, Employers or Employees?”)

This WSJ article is entitled: “At Many Companies, Hunt for Leakers Expands Arsenal of Monitoring Tactics” (available online to subscribers only, but free trial subscription available).

A key point:

An “oddity of modern corporate security” is that “leaks are both harder to prevent and easier to track as information and communication go digital.”

Interesting statistic:

Of 526 companies surveyed last year by the American Management Association, 50% said they stored and reviewed workers’ computer files and 55% said they reviewed their e-mail.

Article also contains a brief discussion of potential legal, ethical, and employee morale pitfalls of monitoring employee electronic communications — issues I did not discuss.