An insight into overall data loss events
Cisco in its comprehensive stuffy of data leakage trends uncovered several common reasons that lead to data loss. Employee driven data leakage topped the reasons for data loss. Use of non IT-approved applications contributed to about 24% of data loss. The managers admitted that some of their employees tried to gain unauthorized access to restricted locations. Also, the workers allowed non company people to access company specific information.
Only 50% of the workers take care to ensure that they are not being spied. Several others don’t even consider the security of the environment. The chief security officer of Cisco said that new technology has to be evolved to secure sensitive data.
For more information, go here
Tags: data leak, data loss, data security, sensitive data