According to the recent survey by Dimensional Research, Sixty-four percent of security professionals feel that their organisations cannot prevent a breach to employees’ mobile devices.
Highlights of the survey are as below:
Twenty percent had suffered mobile breach incident
Twenty-four percent are not sure of the breach or they can’t tell about it
Fifty-one percent believe that breach to mobile is equal to that of PCs
“Perhaps the high level of concern is based on the frequency of mobile device loss or theft, as well as the limited security measures companies use to protect enterprise mobile devices,” the report states.
More than a third of companies fail to secure mobile devices as required and only thirty-eight percent take help of mobile security solution. Fifty-three percent says that lack of budget leads to a less secure environment. Forty-one said the shortage of resources is the reason.
“The dichotomy of management trying to control costs and security professionals struggling with insufficient tools to repel attackers is not a new story line in most enterprises,” the report notes. “Unfortunately, the story usually ends sadly with a huge, embarrassing event with the press blazing headlines of a costly hack and the company suffering brand damage and loss of customer confidence.”
Ninety-four percent feels that mobile attack will increase in coming time
Seventy-nine percent expect that complexity of mobile security will increase
Twenty percent said that mobile breach can cost $500,000 and 11 percent said it will cost more than $1 million for the companies
“The research consistently revealed that the overall focus and preparedness of security for mobile devices is severely lacking,” Dimensional Research principal David Gehringer said in a statement.
“Security professionals identified the risk of mobile devices, but focus and resources assignment seem to be waiting for actual catastrophes to validate the need to properly prepare their defenses,” Gehringer added. “It’s unfortunate that so many companies have not learned from the past and are doomed to repeat wasted costs and the customer outrage of being breached.”
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