How do ethics affect IT risk?

Unlike in the past, when IT used to operate in complete silos and had a minimal effect on the rest of the organization, things have changed, and IT has become ingrained in each area of business. It is extremely prudent for the IT team to ensure that the right IT practices are followed across the organization without any exceptions.

Since IT teams have, historically, had more access than the rest of the employees so that they can perform maintenance activities and such, I have seen IT team members using those privileges to install malicious software for personal work. That malicious software installed viruses on their machine that then cascaded to other machines on the network. These types of incidents are not uncommon, but they cannot be completely eliminated unless the employees who are part of the IT teams follow the policies themselves.

It is important for organizations to make employees aware of the risk of breaching IT policies and how to report...