RESPONSIBLE SECURITY BEHAVIOR: The enterprise employees surveyed appear to have a stronger level of understanding when we shift the conversation to responsible security behavior. More than 2/3 named habits such as using an encrypted file system, storing files on a secure server, and regularly changing passwords as such. Upwards of 80% view updating AV software and shredding confidential documents as important when it comes to keeping their organization safe. What then also comes into focus is a significant — and somewhat startling — gap in putting this awareness into practice. With just one exception (the changing of work passwords), less than half of respondents who deemed a security behavior important were able to confirm engaging in that same behavior in the previous 60 days. Less than 20% confirmed moving files to secure servers, using an encrypted file system, or reporting suspicious behavior in that same timeframe.
RESPONSIBLE SECURITY BEHAVIOR: The enterprise employees surveyed appear to have a stronger level of understanding when we shift the conversation to responsible security behavior. More than 2/3 named habits such as using an encrypted file system, storing files on a secure server, and regularly changing passwords as such. Upwards of 80% view updating AV software and shredding confidential documents as important when it comes to keeping their organization safe. What then also comes into focus is a significant — and somewhat startling — gap in putting this awareness into practice. With just one exception (the changing of work passwords), less than half of respondents who deemed a security behavior important were able to confirm engaging in that same behavior in the previous 60 days. Less than 20% confirmed moving files to secure servers, using an encrypted file system, or reporting suspicious behavior in that same timeframe.