With more workers bringing their favorite smartphones to the
office, CIOs are concerned about mobile data security and how employee devices
are managed, according to a recent research study.
CIOs from large organizations in the United States and the
United Kingdom were surveyed about their mobile security concerns in a mobile
security report from Mformation Technologies. Released on Mar. 8, the report
highlights the challenges facing CIOs trying to figure out which mobile devices
are connecting to the network and what information they have access to, the
company said.
About 76 percent of surveyed CIOs said employee-owned mobile
devices are causing security headaches, and 78 percent didn’t know what mobile
devices were connecting to the corporate network, the Mformation study found.
Even more worrying, 77 percent of enterprises have no idea what data is on
those employee devices that are connecting to the network, according to the
report.
“Enterprise mobility may well be a business imperative, but
it remains a massive risk,” said Todd DeLaughter, CEO of Mformation.
IT departments aren’t struggling with just employee-owned
mobile devices, as only one out of three surveyed CIOs said they could track
data on company-issued devices, the survey found. Only 23 percent knew what
corporate data was on all mobile devices, regardless of who owned the device,
in real-time, according to the survey.
For more, read the eWEEK article: Mobile Security a Headache for CIOs, Not a Concern for Users.
