More Than Half of Security Professionals Report That Employees Use Unsupported Applications and Devices Despite Strict Policies
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Conducted on behalf of Cisco by InsightExpress, the survey polled 500 IT security professionals across the United States, Germany, Japan, China and India. The results illustrate that the consumer influence on enterprise IT is growing and that more employees are bringing personal devices and applications into the network, presenting new business opportunities and security challenges. The survey explores the changing enterprise security landscape due to the evolving requirements of today's borderless networks, the benefits and drawbacks of accommodating an increasingly mobile workforce, and the challenges of protecting sensitive and proprietary data.
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Fred Kost, director, security solutions, Cisco, said: "As the lines between personal and business computing increasingly blur, it is becoming clear that employees are going to use social networking and personal devices whether permitted or not. The best strategic approach is to focus less on restricting usage and more on effective solutions to ensure highly secure, responsible use. These solutions involve more than technology. Organizations should develop education programs, corporate policies and best practices in order to realize the extensive business benefits of social networking while protecting against the variety of potential threats that it can present."
Chris Christiansen, program vice president, Security Products and Services Group, IDC, said: "Increasingly, unapproved and unmanaged personal devices in the corporate environment are hastening the need for more intelligent security management. These 'solutions' must deal with difficulty of protecting individuals and corporations while providing a positive user experience and corporate data access from any device, anywhere, anytime."
Supporting Resources:
Full Survey Results -- Cisco: Consumers' Influence on Enterprise IT
Read Cisco Senior Security Advisor Christopher Burgesss' blog post, "Social Media - Security Risks? It Depends Where You Happen to be Sitting"
Video: Cisco Senior Security Advisor Christopher Burgess discusses the importance of the responsible use of social media: http://www.youtube.com/v/BMyLDYZgEEU&hl=en_US&fs=1&
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