Mobile Devices Biggest Business Security Threat in 2014

With more and more employees getting work done on the go, mobile devices are quickly becoming a huge security risk for companies, new research shows.

A study by the Ponemon Institute, a security research center, and Lumension, a provider of end-point management and security, revealed that 75% of IT security professionals said mobile devices will pose the biggest threat to companies’ security in 2014, up from just 9% who said the same in 2010. Additionally, 68% of respondents said their mobile devices have been targeted by malware in the last 12 months.

Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute, said he has seen the threat landscape fundamentally change over the last five years. Read more…

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