Usually its been my experience that when a company is looking at letting you go, any excuse will do. In terms of the Director of IT position, there isn't much

Usually its been my experience that when a company is looking at letting you go, any excuse will do. In terms of the Director of IT position, there isn't much that can be done when outside management comes in. It's usually at the top that people bring their own team in. With the second position and the USB wireless incident, I would say that you need to look at what led to the firing. I find it very hard to believe that a company would just fire someone without their already being an agenda for it. Did you do this before? Did you try to circumvent security before this in other ways? Were you getting along with the team? Were there issues of fit? Did you feel you were being productive? All these questions exist and should be answered. It's very likely that you were on the chopping block and the company was waiting to get you out the door. It may have worked very nicely for them that you give them a nice easy rational for firing you without having them to pull the trigger. It's been my experience that when a company is ready to fire you or lay you off, the time you come in the morning, when you leave, how long your lunch breaks are, etc. all become sticking points. When they find their "reason" the official company policy is used to do the deed. So I would suggest some deep introspection to see outside yourself. If you can't do this, try to find someone in the company that will talk to you.