Auguste Kerckhoffs’s principle states “In assessing the security of a cryptosystem, one should always assume the enemy knows the method being used.” While you should assume that the enemy, or an outsider with malicious intent, knows the methods being used, certain authorized employees will certainly know the methods being used, which creates a vulnerability if those authorized employees have malicious intent. Cyber technology has created opportunities for workplace deviance because the methods used to protect an organization must be known to some members of the organization, creating the opportunity for cybercrime if the employee becomes disgruntled to the point of retaliating against their organization, or causing risk to the organization if the employee seeks financial gain from exploiting their knowledge. As the threat of white-collar crime exists in all sectors (Sutherland, 1939), the ever-evolving nature of technology used by businesses continuously creates new vulnerabilities in those systems. As older generations of workers retire, new members of the workforce are increasingly skilled in this emerging technology, creating an increasing percentage of the workforce able to engage in workplace deviance enabled by cyber technology. According to a recent Gallup poll, only 29% of millennials identify as being emotionally and behaviorally connected to their job and company (Gallup, 2023). Additionally, over 22% of workers over age 20 spend a year or less in their jobs (Forbes, 2022). This detachment likely comes, at least in part, from the relative ease of internet job searching. With so many in the workplace emotionally detached from their company, or expecting to not work there for long, there seems to unfortunately be increasing opportunities for a worker to attempt to financially gain from their authorizations or inside knowledge of organizational security measures.  

References:

“Why Job Hopping Is Going To Continue For The Forseeable Future”, Castrillon, Forbes, 2023
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2023/09/03/why-job-hopping-is-going-to-continue-for-the-foreseeable-future/?sh=602e2b1a31a7
“Millennials: The Job-Hopping Generation”, Adkins, Gallup, 2023
https://www.gallup.com/workplace/231587/millennials-job-hopping-generation.aspx