New Verizon study reveals many organizations prioritized business performance at the cost of mobile enterprise security>
EIN Presswire
NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new report from Verizon found that organizations across numerous industries compromised mobile data security because of speed to market priorities and a lack of threat awareness according to survey respondents. Verizonâs inaugural Mobile Security Index 2018 seeks to raise awareness of the current mobile security landscape, including growing threats, and offer recommendations for protecting the mobile enterprise. Key findings that emerged from the independent survey of approximately 600 mobility professionals1, many representing multinational corporations, include: ⦠Nearly a third (32%) of organizations surveyed admitted to sacrificing mobile security to improve business performance.  ⦠93% of organizations agreed that mobile devices present a serious and growing threat. Also, 20% of surveyed organizations that use IoT devices cite these as their most significant concern. ⦠79% said that disruption of their business operations is an even greater threat than the theft of data. ⦠79% of the organizations fear that employee misuse, either accidentally or intentionally, is a significant concern. And 39% of organizations that allow employees to use their own devices for business purposes (known as BYOD) ranked this as their top concern. ⦠A majority of organizations (62%) feel that a lack of understanding of threats and solutions are a barrier to mobile security. Less than 1/3 of organizations (33%) use mobile endpoint security and less than half (47%) said they use device encryption. Only 31% are using Mobile Device Management (MDM) or Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM). ⦠Only one in seven organizations surveyed (14%) had implemented the most basic cybersecurity practices. Less than two fifths (39%) change all default passwords; only 38% use strong two-factor authentication on their mobile devices; and, only 59% restrict which apps employees can download from the Internet to their mobile devices.
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