In its 2020 Mobile Security Index, Verizon found that 54% of companies were less confident about the security of their mobile devices than other systems.
With an increase in mobile security breaches, it’s not really a surprise that mobile would be a growing concern for IT teams. And self-awareness doesn’t seem to be the problem, as 43% percent of organizations admitted to sacrificing mobile security to meet deadlines or productivity targets.
Other key findings:
- Fifteen percent of enterprise users (18% in the U.S.) encountered a mobile phishing link in Q3 2019.
- Twenty-one percent of organizations that were compromised said that a rogue or unapproved application had contributed to the incident.
- The number of insecure Wi-Fi hotspots an average device connects to each day (per Wandera)
- Only 43% said that they limit their employees to using apps from an official app store or one owned by the company
- Thirty-one percent of IoT respondents admitted to having suffered a compromise involving an IoT device.