Proofpoint and Osterman Research Announce Survey Results

On June 23, Proofpoint and Osterman Research will announce results from a 632-respondent survey demonstrating that enterprises and government agencies are finally taking steps to deal with the onslaught of consumerized IT in the workplace — consumerized IT that includes mobile devices such as the iPad and iPhone, social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, and IM applications from Yahoo!, MSN and AOL.

 

The findings:

 

• Contrary to some recently published reports and opinions, the survey revealed that the 84 percent of organizations allowing employees to use consumerized IT such as iPads, iPhones, Facebook, Twitter and IM to conduct business communications are mitigate associated risks by turning away from a trust-only approach and implementing three-layer security and compliance strategies that include a combination of trust, policy and technology. Fifty-one percent of those polled stated that they relied on a combination of all three layers, 22 percent did not use technology but did rely on employees to adhere to policies, and only 12 percent relied solely on employees’ “good judgment” for defense. The survey showed that the segment of respondents taking a three-layer approach is placing heavy reliance on endpoint protection technologies that include agents and applications used to enforce policies.

 

Check out more here: Proofpoint