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THE IMPACT OF MOBILE DEVICES ON INFORMATION SECURITY:
A SURVEY OF IT PROFESSIONALS
Dimensional Research | January 2012

Introduction
Mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, proliferate in today’s corporate environments. While there are significant opportunities to leverage these devices to increase the effectiveness of mobile workers, there are also significant concerns about theprivacy of sensitive corporate data stored on the devices that IT must handle. The following report, sponsored by Check Point, is based on a global survey of 768 IT professionals conducted in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan. The goal of the survey was to gather data about current mobile computing trends, including the type of data stored or accessed on mobile devicesand the potential for heightened data security risks.

Key Findings

• Extensive use of mobile devices connecting to corporate networks - 89% have mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets connecting to corporate networks - Apple iOS is the most common mobile platform used to connect in corporate environments • Personal mobile devices that connect to corporate networks are extensive andgrowing - 65% allow personal devices to connect to corporate networks - 78% say there are more than twice as many personal devices connecting to corporate networks now than compared to two years ago • Security risks are on the rise because of mobile devices - 71% say mobile devices have contributed to increased security incidents - The Android mobile platform is considered to introduce the greatestsecurity risks • Employee behavior impacts security of mobile data - 47% report customer data is stored on mobile devices - Lack of employee awareness about security policies ranked as having the greatest impact on the security of mobile data - 72% say careless employees are a greater security threat than hackers

Detailed Findings

Extensive use of mobile devices on corporate networksParticipants were asked if mobile devices, such as smartphones or tablets, connected to their corporate networks. The IT professionals who took the survey reported broad use of mobile devices within their organizations with 89% saying that they had mobile devices connecting to corporate networks. Most participants, 65%, reported that their organizations had devices that were personally owned byemployees in addition to company-owned mobile devices accessing corporate networks.

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THE IMPACT OF MOBILE DEVICES ON INFORMATION SECURITY:
A SURVEY OF IT PROFESSIONALS
Dimensional Research | January 2012

Mobile
 devices
 connected
 to
 the
 corporate
 network
 
None
  11% 

Only
 company
  owned
 
 
  24%
  Both
 personal
 and
  company
 owned
 
 
  65%
 

Among the countries surveyed, Japan is the least likely (46%) to allow personal mobile devices and Germany the most likely (81%).

Mobile
 devices
 connected
 to
 the
 
  corporate
 network
 -­‐
 by
 country
 
Germany
 United
 States
  Canada
  United
  Kingdom
  Japan
  0%
  81%
  72%
  61%
  59%
  46%
  20%
  40%
  25%
  60%
  16%
  3%
  19%
  32%
  32%
  29%
  80%
  100%
  10%
  7%
  8%
  Both
 personal
 and
  company
 owned
  Only
 company
 owned
  None
 

Dramatic growth in use of personal mobile devicesat work
Participants who say their organizations do allow personal devices to connect to corporate networks cite significant growth in the number of personal devices in the past two years. Of these, the vast majority, 94%, says that they have seen an increase in the use of personal mobile devices connecting to corporate networks. The growth has been significant with 78% saying more than twice...