More than 80% of employees admit that using their personal device for work purposes may cause a security risk to their company. However - one in three would continue to use the device, even if it does cause harm!
Research by Sourcefire found that the most commonly used personal devices in the workplace were laptops and home PCs. An alarming 32% of those surveyed use their own USB sticks at work.
Dominic Storey, Technical Director EMEA at Sourcefire, said: “There will always be insider threat because that is human nature and that is the whole usernomics thing.”
Colin Woodland, VP EMEA at IronKey, agrees: “It is a gadget thing and companies need to protect themselves. It is about communications and policy. People want to use social networking sites, so how do you protect them so that they are still productive but still secure?”
Read the full article at SC Magazine.
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