IT administrators are increasingly challenged with securing mobile data

As organizations continue to grow in size, IT administrators are increasingly challenged with securing mobile data and complex IT environments – citing data loss, user management, lost or stolen equipment, and employees connecting to untrusted wireless Internet access as top concerns.

According to a Check Point global survey, IT security administrators anticipate a significant increase in the number of users connecting to their network in the next year, with 54% citing specific growth in the number of remote users.

The survey of over 220 IT security administrators around the world, revealed that 64% of organizations are concerned the growth in remote users will result in exposure to sensitive data. Yet, as the mobile workforce has been steadily growing, 70% of respondents admit they do not use data encryption to secure their business laptops, and 87% of organizations do not encrypt USB or portable media devices.

This leaves a majority of businesses potentially vulnerable to unauthorized network access from lost or stolen devices. However, anticipating continued growth of the mobile workforce, 52% of organizations reported they have VPN clients on their portable PCs and intend to deploy disk encryption (23%), encrypted USBs (20%) and DLP (17%) in the coming year.

In addition, 54% of businesses are planning to migrate to Microsoft Windows 7 within the next two years. In effect, businesses are looking to unify endpoint security and make sure new systems are updated with the latest protections.

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Source: securitypark.co.uk