Traveling CEOs and coffee shop Wifi are found posing the greatest risk to business security.
“Some 93% of tech decision makers said they are worried about the security challenges posed by an increasingly mobile workforce, according to a new report from iPass https://www.ipass.com/. ” [1]
The rise of the mobile workforce creates a host of new security problems, according to a new report from iPass. Researchers have found that C-level executives—including the CEO—poses the biggest risk of being hacked when working outside the office, according to a survey of 500 CIOs and IT decision makers across the US, UK, Germany, and France.
Tech leaders are certainly worried about their company’s security. Almost half said that they were “very” concerned, up from 36% in 2016. “The grim reality is that C-level executives are by far at the greatest risk of being hacked outside of the office,” said Raghu Konka, vice president of engineering at iPass, in a press release. “They are not your typical 9-5 office worker. They often work long hours, are rarely confined to the office, and have unrestricted access to the most sensitive company data imaginable. They represent a dangerous combination of being both highly valuable and highly available, therefore a prime target for any hacker.”
The survey shows that cafés and coffee shops were ranked as places with the highest risk by 42% of tech leaders, by airports (30%), hotels (16%), exhibition centers (7%), and airplanes (4%).
“Cafés and coffee shops are everywhere and offer both convenience and comfort for mobile workers, who flock to these venues for the free high-speed internet as much as for the coffee,” Konka said. “However, cafés invariably have lax security standards, meaning that anyone using these networks will be potentially vulnerable.”
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[1] 2017-05-23. Why traveling CEOs and coffee shops are your company’s greatest security risk.
