Kaspersky Lab has conducted a survey of over 5,000 senior IT managers from companies around the world in association with market research specialists B2B International. The results revealed that most companies fail to pay adequate attention to securing corporate mobile devices and the data stored on them.
In particular, 34% of companies do not use dedicated Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions to protect their business. To address the problems of personal and corporate mobile devices, dedicated MDM solutions are already in use at 28% of companies. Another 29% have partially implemented MDM. But partial implementation cannot ensure the security of all mobile devices and the data stored in them.
Mobile threats have evolved dramatically over the last two years. Meanwhile, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies are increasingly popular, with more and more employees actively using their personal devices for work, e.g. for accessing company email. If a company does not regulate the use of personal smart phones and tablet PCs accessing the corporate IT infrastructure, it’s only a matter of time before confidential information starts to leak out of the system. A data breach could be caused by a malware infection or an employee losing a device.
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