Poor Cybersecurity Choices Spawned Today's Current Events

There have been recriminations about Secretary Clinton's use of a personal email account and server while she was Secretary of State, but there hasn't been enough examination of why Shadow IT is a bad thing. When an employee uses personal IT resources to do their job, that activity and data is out of view of the employer, in the so-called "shadows." An employer provides computer resources to employees and has a responsibility to maintain the systems, keep track of company data, back it up, secure it, and secure the network and devices. When employees use their personal computers and email accounts for work, it creates security risks. The employer can't secure systems or data it doesn't know about, and individuals might have worse cybersecurity practices than the employer.