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developing a greater sense of responsibility
for protecting company data. Despite a slim
majority (41%) believing that the IT team
remains mostly responsible for data security;
over a third of employees (37%) believe that
everyone is responsible for it. IT managers
themselves, however, are least likely to
apportion responsibility for security to
those outside of the IT team with only 10%
suggesting that IT Security is everyone’s
responsibility.
Darin Welfare, Vice President and General
Manager EMEA, WinMagic commented:
“There is a clear disconnect between
employees, who feel that they must share
responsibility for security, and those
currently seen as ‘in charge’ of this area. As
employees bear witness to ever more highprofile contemporary data breaches, they
are increasingly aware of their responsibility
to share in data security. Businesses and IT
managers who recognise and respond to this
heightened level of awareness are going to
ultimately see more success in implementing
policies and systems to best effect.”
Feeling responsible doesn’t mean
acting it
Whilst 80% of employees believe methods
they use to store company data are
somewhat or wholly secure, IT managers
remain unconvinced. They are most
concerned with security, and the habits
of employees, when it comes to storing
company data on personal hardware or in
cloud environments.
Twenty-five percent of employees are
actively storing work data on private cloud
services, whilst 15% are using personal
hardware
The majority of IT Managers (63%) state
that they are concerned about employees
storing company data on private cloud; on
personal hardware this rises to 68%.
Portable storage devices continue to be a
preferred storage option for company data
for 20% of employees; alongside company
hardware (52%).
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