In order to figure out how cyber technology created opportunities for workplace deviance you must first define deviance in the workplace. Workplace deviance is defined as a deliberate malicious intent to sabotage organizations by causing problems within the organization itself. Workplace deviance could stem from many things such as intentionally working slowly and coming in late, to sabotaging equipment and stealing from the company. How cyber security has created more methods to unfortunately support workplace deviance could be the introduction of networks and the users that are connected. If a company was lousy with their network security, a worker/employee could potentially gain access to things that they shouldn’t. Things such as other employees social security numbers, home addresses, and payroll information.

This is very dangerous because these employees who are giving their time working for this company isn’t aware that their information that are their identities aren’t being protected and can be easily accessed by someone with malicious intent. Information such as this would normally be stored in filing safes inside the administrator or bosses office behind lock and key. But due to the age that we currently live in this is no longer the case. Our information is stored on networks that can be easily accessed if not monitored properly. If the company/organization had put more effort in assigning users different roles and and limiting what one could access depending on whether or not they have clearance, then this example of workplace deviance would have been avoided.