The technological savvy millennials bring to the workplace comes with a price, says a new report from the Society for Human Resource Management.
Despite knowing better than any other generation, perhaps, not to click on the email offering $10 million from a deposed African dictator, millennials are a cybersecurity liability simply because of the fact that their lives are so inextricably intertwined with the web.
"Millennials in the workplace have a different perspective on the sensitivity of information, information-sharing, and the ramifications of personal data being shared within a corporate environment," Morey Haber, vice president of technology at BeyondTrust, a Phoenix-based cybersecurity company, told SHRM.
|Common-sense security
In addition, explained some experts, young workers who are under pressure to complete tasks quickly, particularly if they are shifting between various roles in the company, are likely to skip a few common-sense security steps.
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