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2How Much Would You Sell a Password For?
While most IT decision-makers would like to believe their employees have a vested interest in keeping their workplace IT systems secure, the SailPoint survey showed that some employees would sell off their passwords for remarkably little. According to SailPoint, one in six employees say that they would sell their corporate passwords “for the right price.” Some respondents said that the price they’re seeking is as little as $150.
3Password Sharing Remains a Common Occurrence
4Password Reuse Is Still a Common Activity Despite Frequent Warnings
One of the cornerstones of enterprise password security is not to reuse passwords for multiple applications or computers. However, 56 percent of employees say that they often use their corporate credentials for other services they regularly use, including cloud applications like Dropbox and Google Drive.
5It’s Essential to Require Regular Password Changes
6BYOD Does Have an Impact on IT Security
Those who don’t think the consumerization of IT is affecting them are in for a rude awakening. According to the data from SailPoint, 70 percent of employees use their personal mobile devices for work purposes. Furthermore, 63 percent of employees said they regularly use their own devices to access corporate data, creating a worrisome mix of personal and enterprise information all on the same device.
7Corporate Data Is Leaking Out Through the Cloud
8IT Managers Are Kept in the Dark About Data Sharing
Keeping IT in the dark about data access and data sharing seems to be a corporate sport. Twenty percent of survey respondents who use cloud applications to share corporate data with others said they do it without telling IT about their activities. As far as they know, they’re sending corporate data through unauthorized channels without IT knowing the difference.
9Corporate Data Monitoring Is Less Than Ideal
Corporate policies aimed at limiting the impact sharing sensitive data can have on a company are sorely lacking in the enterprise. Less than one-third of employees say that their companies have corporate policies in place that closely monitor how they share “mission-critical” data. In other words, the vast majority of companies aren’t closely monitoring how important information is being shared.
10There Are Policies on Corporate Data Theft
While companies aren’t necessarily monitoring information the way they should, they at least have some policies that govern what to do if and when disaster strikes. According to SailPoint, 60 percent of the employees surveyed said they were aware of corporate policies that dictate what should happen if their companies fall victim to data theft.
11The Risks Don’t Decrease When Employees Depart
Employees in the office might be scary enough, but the troubles don’t end after they leave. Two-thirds of employees say that even after they leave a company, they can access corporate cloud services, indicating that their accounts weren’t turned off. In addition, 25 percent of employees say that if they left a company, they would take corporate data with them.