The employees charged with keeping a watchful eye over a business’s cybersecurity are the ones most likely to engage in risky activities, new research finds.
A study from McAfee revealed that IT employees, more than any other type of worker, use unapproved software and applications in the workplace. Specifically, 83 percent of IT employees, compared with 81 percent of other employees, admit to using technology solutions at work that have not been approved by the IT department or been obtained in adherence to IT policies.
Overall, 35 percent of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications used within companies are unapproved, the study found. Microsoft Office 365, Zoho, LinkedIn and Facebook are the most used unapproved applications being accessed by employees.
Click here to read the entire article.