The introduction of cyber technology in the workplace has brought about more opportunities for workplace deviance. This is because deviance can be described as breaking away from the usual or what\u2019s considered to be the accepted standard or rules. Furthermore, with the addition of cyber technology to the workplace, the usual accepted standard has changed to adapt to accept these new technologies. Therefore, deviance from new said standards is only to be expected as well. These standards include rules that come with cyber technology to ensure the company’s cybersecurity. Some of these might reference practices pertaining to employee training and practices in the workplace and employee responsibility. For example, an employee might be expected to keep work and personal email, however, they use their personal email when working on confidential matters. Many companies have different rules and regulations which are often cleared when the employee goes through training and as well as in their privacy policies. Some of the ways employees can deviate could be potentially unintentional and are simply the result of negligence. However, there are also some cases where it could be an attack with the intent to cause harm. For example, an employee that is fired can use administrative privileges or other means of access to leak confidential information or cause harm to the company before they leave. Nonetheless, regardless of whether said deviance was intentional or unintentional all of equal detriment to the company and its employees. When it comes to training employees and following the company\u2019s privacy policies, it should be handled with the utmost urgency. All are responsible for upholding said standards, not only the employees but also the company when training its employees. Furthermore, deviance is not something that can be carried out by employees. With the implementation of cyber technology there is also the introduction of digital storage of customer information. As mentioned before companies make privacy policies which mark out the expected guidelines to be followed in order to protect said information. This is expected of the company and any failure to do so is a deviation from what the company is expected to do by its customers. A company cannot carry out any actions that would breach the trust or jeopardize the safety of their customers information. There are many forms that deviance can take in the workplace and these are just some of the examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources: Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals<\/a> NIST: Computer Security Incident Handling Guide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The introduction of cyber technology in the workplace has brought about more opportunities for workplace deviance. This is because deviance can be described as breaking away from the usual or what\u2019s considered to be the accepted standard or rules. Furthermore, with the addition of cyber technology to the workplace, the usual accepted standard has changed… <\/p>\n