- Customer PII (Personally Identifiable Information)
- Contracts
- Passwords
- IP belonging to the company (Intellectual Property)
- Customer service data
- Competitive data
- Non-public corporate financial or strategy information relating to the company
- Invoices and customer orders
If employees aren’t worried about security, you should be…
The mobile mind shift has transformed the workforce forever.
Your employees expect information and services to be available on any device, in any context, at their exact moment of need. Moreover, employees are no longer willing to wait around for S&R (security & risk) leaders to provision them with the mobile devices, apps, and access they need to serve customers. S&R leaders must recognize and accept the following 2 things.
1. The line between work use and personal has blurred — permanently.
The days of people using a separate mobile device strictly for work purposes have disappeared. In fact, 68% of global enterprise information workers are choosing their smartphones for work, and 69% say the same for tablets. In addition, 16% of people who use mobile devices for work have personally paid for their own email application, while 12% have personally paid for their own web browser app, instant messaging, or calendar app. Many of these devices access sensitive corporate data, and most employees prefer (or expect) their employer to handle security on these devices. S&R leaders must become champions of worker productivity with mobile enablement strategies that limit the organization’s exposure to data loss without dramatically affecting employee productivity.
2. Mobile security remains a common vector for data loss or attack.
According to Forrester’s Business Technographics® survey data, many employees access sensitive content such as customer information, nonpublic financial data, intellectual property, and corporate strategy materials from their mobile devices. Considering that 40% of the enterprise network security decision-makers who reported an external breach in the past 12 months reported an attack
involving an employee-owned device, it’s clear that despite all of the available technologies for mobile security, it remains a major challenge. And as the number of mobile apps and versions increases, the potential attack surface expands significantly.
Don’t be caught unaware. Mobile security must be a priority.. preferably proactively rather than re-actively. Schedule a consultation with Flagship to learn more about the best approach to securing your employee’s mobile devices.
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