More than half of employees have not received security awareness training and as such are engaging in risky behavior that puts their companies at risk, according to EMA research.
"Security Awareness Training: It's Not Just for Compliance" report of more than 600 employees from organizations ranging from small businesses with less than 100 staff to enterprises with 20,000 employees, found that 58% have company-sensitive information on their mobile devices and 59% store work information on the cloud.
"People repeatedly have been shown as the weak link in the security program," says EMA Research analyst David Monahan, who authored the study. "Without training, people will click on links in email and release sensitive information in any number of ways. In most cases they don't realize what they are doing is wrong until a third-party makes them aware of it."
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