Unauthorized Access to Employee Mobile Devices Leads to More Than Half of Organizations Experiencing a Data Breach, New Report Finds
While mobile devices have become crucial for advancing modern business operations, the findings indicate that just 28% of IT and IT security practitioners believe their programs and strategies can secure mobile devices and access to sensitive and confidential data.
- While mobile devices have become crucial for advancing modern business operations, the findings indicate that just 28% of IT and IT security practitioners believe their programs and strategies can secure mobile devices and access to sensitive and confidential data.
- Moreover, employee usability has notable room for improvement, with just 31% citing ease of access to applications and data on shared devices.
- Repetitive, manual authentication is a common challenge, as is employee downtime due to devices that are unusable - with an average of 872 hours lost each week.
- “It is critical for organizations to adopt mobile devices to enhance productivity, but current access management and cybersecurity strategies are falling short,” said Fran Rosch, CEO at Imprivata.