Internal security is nightmare says survey

Stefan Mileschin · 11th March 2019, 09:03

Employees share the most sensitive data

More than 83 percent of companies had an employee accidentally expose customer or sensitive data a new study had found.

Research by security outfit Egress said 79 percent of organisations share PII / sensitive business data internally without encryption and 64 percent of organisations share PII / sensitive business data externally without encryption.

Respondents named the five most common technologies that have led to accidental data breaches by employees:

• External email services (Gmail, Yahoo etc.) (51 percent)
• Corporate email (46 percent)
• File sharing services (FTP sites, etc.) (40 percent
• Collaboration Tools (Slack, Dropbox, etc.) (38 percent)
• SMS / Messaging Apps (G-Chat, WhatsApp, etc.) (35 percent)

According to Egress, some of the most common email accidents that lead to data breaches include:

• Accidental sharing / wrong email address (The Outlook Auto-Insert problem)
• Email forwarding of sensitive data
• Sharing attachments with hidden content
• Forwarding data to personal email accounts

https://fudzilla.com/news/48290-inte...re-says-survey

11th March 2019, 09:03	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,618	Internal security is nightmare says survey Employees share the most sensitive data More than 83 percent of companies had an employee accidentally expose customer or sensitive data a new study had found. Research by security outfit Egress said 79 percent of organisations share PII / sensitive business data internally without encryption and 64 percent of organisations share PII / sensitive business data externally without encryption. Respondents named the five most common technologies that have led to accidental data breaches by employees: • External email services (Gmail, Yahoo etc.) (51 percent) • Corporate email (46 percent) • File sharing services (FTP sites, etc.) (40 percent • Collaboration Tools (Slack, Dropbox, etc.) (38 percent) • SMS / Messaging Apps (G-Chat, WhatsApp, etc.) (35 percent) According to Egress, some of the most common email accidents that lead to data breaches include: • Accidental sharing / wrong email address (The Outlook Auto-Insert problem) • Email forwarding of sensitive data • Sharing attachments with hidden content • Forwarding data to personal email accounts https://fudzilla.com/news/48290-inte...re-says-survey

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