Standing guard in tough times against computer saboteurs  on
April 30, 2009 at 6:00 AM, updated April 30, 2009 at 6:12 AM
Gary Kessler is a professor of informational security at
Champlain College in Burlington, Vt.  Don't underestimate the
wrath of a disgruntled ex-employee.  As the downturn forces
businesses to shed jobs, employers should watch for computer
sabotage by laid-off employees, says Gary Kessler, a computer
forensics expert.  Just one vengeful act can cost a company
thousands of dollars in repairs and lost productivity, and he
said that these days it probably happens more often than many
employers realize.  "The time is much more fertile for this kind
of activity," said Kessler, a professor of informational
security at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt. "A lot of
people do things they wouldn't do in calmer times. It's like
their last act of defiance."  In a global survey by CA, an
information technology management software company that released
the results last week, seven of every 10 companies