When it comes time for an employee to leave your organization, you want it to be on friendly terms. But there are definitely limits to how friendly you want folks to be after they leave. Especially when it comes to accessing materials from their old position for their new endeavors. In a recent bizarre case, it was reported that a former acting Department of Homeland Security Inspector General has pleaded guilty to stealing government software and data for use in his own product.

2021 was a devastating year for cybersecurity. As business accelerated digital adoption and people played out their lives online, threat actors were ready to capitalize on the transitional moment, savagely targeting everything from critical health infrastructure to small and medium-sized businesses. By Q4 of 2021, the number of reported data breaches had already surpassed 2020 totals, which were historic in their own right.