Security Professionals Embrace Not-So-Secure Mobile Work Habits

“The data shows that the mobile-powered workforce is here to stay, but even those most concerned with security aren’t very secure users”

• Fifty five percent of security professionals say they use a tablet for work;
• 45 percent of respondents stated that they use a tablet over their laptops or PCs for work purposes more than 25 percent of the time;
• When asked how many times per day they logged onto a work application from a mobile device, 49 percent of respondents logged in 10 or more times a day.

• 83 percent of respondents use the same password across multiple applications – violating a password security best practice;
• Discounting email and calendar apps, 59 percent of respondents have 3 or more apps on their mobile device that are considered core to their job. Twenty five percent have 5 or more apps that are core to their job.

• Respondents were asked to list the most unusual or remote place where they logged into a work app. Nightclubs, aboard sailboats, on top of mountains, at the beach, and at theme parks were among the more common locations. Not surprisingly, ‘the bathroom’ was the most common answer, cited by 21 percent of respondents. To view and download an Infographic of unusual places survey respondents work, please visit: http://bit.ly/16ulDL8