Verizon Study Finds Majority of Companies Face Security Concerns Related to Mobile Threats
Hikvision Provides Tips for Mobile Device Security
Security magazine covered the Verizon Mobile Security Index study in the article “Study Says Companies are Sacrificing Mobile Security and Face Greater Mobile Threats,” which stated that “48 percent of respondents said that their organization had sacrificed mobile security in the past year,” creating security concerns.
Survey results also included:
- Eighty-three percent of respondents said their organization had security risks associated with mobile threats; 29 percent stated that the risk posed a significant concern.
- Eighty-five percent surveyed believed they needed to be more vigilant about mobile security.
- The majority (81 percent) said they used public Wi-Fi even when it was prohibited by corporate policy.
Resolving a mobile cyber compromise was called “difficult and expensive” by 43 percent of participants.
Read the whole article here.
Tips for Mobile Device Security
In the Hikvision blog, “Cybersecurity Tips from Hikvision to Address Vulnerabilities, Insights for Mobile Device Security,” Hikvision cybersecurity director Chuck Davis provided six tips for managing organizational cybersecurity and insights for mobile device security.
“Many years ago, it was much easier to secure an organization’s digital assets because those assets were created on computers in the physical confines of an organization and stored on devices that also stayed within the organization. As laptops and remote work became more prevalent, cybersecurity became more challenging because those digital assets were moving outside of the physical and logical controls of the organization. VPNs and whole disk encryption became the standard way to regain some control, but the added convenience led to added risk,” said Davis in the article.
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