Deviance could happen anywhere, even within a workplace. However, the question we ask is how does cyber technology create opportunities for deviant acts within a workplace? Deviance is something that is used to intentionally cause harm to an organization or an individual. It could be for a variety of reasons, such as personal gain or even to cause harm.
With most big companies relying on cyber technology to sustain day-to-day operations, employees are the individuals tasked with using cyber technology to perform their jobs. Moreover, this gives employees sensitive information about the company they are working for. Unfortunately, one deviant person with a general knowledge of the companies cyber technology could be catastrophic. For example, an employee for a tech company may have access to sensitive information about the company. Without anyone’s knowledge, that employee could easily be making copies of specific sensitive information to sell to rival companies purely for finical gain. Furthermore, this example exemplifies that cyber technology deviance is something that not only a person who is proficient in hacking could do. Anyone with proper access and the basic knowledge on how to copy files onto an external device such as a USB could do it.
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