New Research Reveals Businesses Choose Productivity over Cybersecurity
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Despite recent global attacks, internal pressure to limit security puts pressure
on IT teams
CUPERTINO, Calif., July 24, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bromium®, Inc., the pioneer
and leader in virtualization-based enterprise security that stops advanced
malware attacks, today released results of a survey of 175 security
professionals conducted at this year's Infosecurity Europe, which found that IT
security is often deprioritized when it interferes with employee productivity.
Key results of the survey show that:
* 94 percent of security professionals say users are more concerned with
getting their jobs done than worrying about security
* 64 percent of security professionals admit to modifying security to allow
employees more freedom to get their work done because of a request from
leadership
* 40 percent of security professionals admit to turning security off to
accommodate a request from another part of the organization
"While it isn't a shock that users prioritize productivity and convenience over
security, we've always assumed that IT security teams set the agenda when it
comes to protecting IP, customer data and the network. But the results from this
survey make it clear they are often overruled and executive leadership may not
be aware given these competing priorities," said Ian Pratt, co-founder and
president of Bromium. "This should not be the case. Security teams shouldn't be
put in this position. Security is in place to protect an organization's most
valuable assets. Having to negotiate over when it is applied puts a company at
significant risk."
The survey also revealed that more than 55 percent of respondents would remove
security if they could keep the organization safe from user-introduced threats.
If they had a wish list of the technologies they could remove, 32 percent said
they would start with web proxy services and products that restrict users'
access. Moreover, security professionals feel that when it comes to
cybersecurity, user education is futile. More than 42 percent admit end users
are educated about how to prevent data breaches, yet their behavior is often the
cause of a breach.
"Security should be invisible, not an obstacle. But so much of today's security
technology inhibits productivity and hinders innovation. Putting the onus on
employees simply doesn't work - they should be able to click with confidence,"
Pratt continued. "An organization's greatest assets are its intellectual
property and its employees. The idea that business leaders are being forced to
choose between productivity and security is frankly ridiculous. We need to do
better as a community of security vendors."
Approaching security differently, with virtually no impact on productivity, is
what's needed to repair this schism. CPU-enforced micro-virtualization isolates
applications, email downloads, files and web browsing, providing friction-free
security. Employees can work as usual - opening email attachments, clicking on
links, and visiting websites - without fear of compromise.
Virtualization-based security with application isolation works silently and
unobtrusively, protecting each activity. It can even be used to allow the
malware to run because it can't get out of the micro-VM, and provides real-time
introspection and threat intelligence. This way security doesn't impact the user
experience or their productivity, meaning there is no need to "turn it off" when
it becomes inconvenient. It allows teams get back to work - improving
productivity because security is no longer a barrier to innovation.
View the full infographic on this study here:
https://www.bromium.com/sites/default/files/brom_infosecurity_infog_final.pdf
About Bromium, Inc.
Bromium protects your brand, data and people using virtualization-based
security. We convert an enterprise's largest liability - endpoints and servers -
into its best defense. By combining our patented hardware-enforced
containerization to deliver application isolation and control, with a
distributed Sensor Network to protect across all major threat vectors and attack
types, we stop malware in its tracks. Unlike traditional security technologies,
Bromium automatically isolates threats and adapts to new attacks using
behavioral analysis and instantly shares threat intelligence to eliminate the
impact of malware. Bromium offers defense-grade security and counts a rapidly
growing set of Fortune 500 companies and government agencies as customers.
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Datum: 24.07.2017 - 13:00 Uhr
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