Gemalto study reveals security concerns over convergence of personal and workplace identities
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
* 90% of IT professionals are concerned about employees using their personal
credentials for work purposes
* 62% of enterprises feel increasing pressure to match consumer authentication
methods in the workplace
* The use of two-factor authentication is on the rise, with 40% of
organizations' employees using it
Amsterdam, Dec. 14, 2016 - Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today
released the findings of its Authentication and Identity Management Index, which
revealed that 90% of enterprise IT professionals are concerned that employee
reuse of personal credentials for work purposes could compromise security.
However, with two thirds (68%) saying they would be comfortable allowing
employees to use their social media credentials on company resources, Gemalto's
research suggests that personal applications (such as email) are the biggest
worry to organizations.
Convergence of Personal and Workplace Identities
The enterprise and consumer worlds are merging closer together, with enterprise
security teams under increasing pressure to implement the same type of
authentication methods typically seen in consumer services, such as fingerprint
scanning and iris recognition. Six in ten (62%) believed this was the case, with
a similar amount (63%) revealing they feel security methods designed for
consumers provide sufficient protection for enterprises. In fact, over half of
respondents (52%) believe it will be just three years before these methods merge
completely.
Consumer breaches impacting enterprise security
Identity theft accounts for 64% of all data breaches across the globe[1], and
consumer service breaches continue to rise, resulting in almost nine in ten
(89%) enterprises addressing their access management security policies. Half of
enterprises have implemented extra training (49%) to allay their security
concerns, 47% increased security spend, and 44% allocated further resources.
Employee expectations around usability and mobility are affecting how
enterprises approach authentication and access management. Nearly half of
respondents stated that they are increasing resources and spending on access
management. Deployment rates are also increasing: 62% expect to implement
strong authentication in two years' time - up from 51% of respondents who said
the same thing last year, and nearly 40% responded they will implement Cloud SSO
or IDaaS within the next two years.
Enterprises are clearly seeing the benefits, with over nine in ten (94%) using
two-factor authentication to protect at least one application and nearly all
respondents (96%) expecting to use it at some point in the future.
Mobility security still a challenge
As more enterprises become mobile, the challenges in protecting resources while
increasing flexibility for employees working on the move increases. Despite an
increasing amount of businesses enabling mobile working, a third (35%)
completely restricted employees from accessing company resources via mobile
devices and nine in ten (91%) are at least part-restricting access to resources.
This is backed up as half of businesses (50%) admit security is one of their
biggest concerns to increasing user mobility.
In order to protect themselves against threats from increased mobility,
enterprises are still most likely to be using usernames and passwords - two
thirds of users at respondents' organizations are using this authentication
method, on average. Currently, 37% of users at respondents' organizations are
required to use two-factor authentication to access corporate resources from
mobile devices, on average. However, like the rise for access while in the
office, on average, respondents believe this will increase to over half (56%) in
two years' time.
"From credential sharing to authentication practices, it's clear that consumer
trends are having a big impact on enterprise security," said François Lasnier,
Senior Vice President, Identity Protection at Gemalto. "But businesses need to
make sure their data isn't compromised by bad personal habits. It's encouraging
to see deployment of two-factor authentication methods on the rise, and
increased awareness for cloud access management, as these are the most effective
solutions for businesses to secure cloud resources and protect against internal
and external threats. For IT leaders, it's important that they keep pushing for
security to be a priority at the board level, and ensure that it's front of mind
for everyone in an organization."
Related Resources
* Download the full Authentication and Identity Management Report here
* Download the Infographic here
* Access full global and regional data on the Authentication and Identity
Management website here
* Read more about Gemalto's Identity and Access Management solutions
About Gemalto
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the global leader in digital security,
with 2015 annual revenues of ?3.1 billion and customers in over 180 countries.
We bring trust to an increasingly connected world.
Our technologies and services enable businesses and governments to authenticate
identities and protect data so they stay safe and enable services in personal
devices, connected objects, the cloud and in between.
Gemalto's solutions are at the heart of modern life, from payment to enterprise
security and the internet of things. We authenticate people, transactions and
objects, encrypt data and create value for software - enabling our clients to
deliver secure digital services for billions of individuals and things.
Our 14,000+ employees operate out of 118 offices, 45 personalization and data
centers, and 27 research and software development centers located in 49
countries.
For more information visit www.gemalto.com or follow (at)gemalto on Twitter.
Gemalto media contact:
Anina Steele
Snr PR Manager, EMEA & APAC
Identity & Data Protection
+44 1276 608 055
anina.steele(at)gemalto.com
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[1] According to Gemalto's H1 2016 Breach Level Index
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