Identity and mobility are rapidly converging, transforming identity into the new enterprise perimeter. As the adoption of cloud-based applications increases and more IT departments embrace BYOD, employees, contractors, partners and customers are accessing corporate applications and data from multiple devices across all global regions. Symplified commissioned a survey to gauge trends and sentiments about data security and managing identities as more users access applications via mobile devices.
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New Research on Trends in Enterprise Mobile Identity Management
1. Mobile Identity: The New
Enterprise Perimeter
New Survey of Enterprise IT Decision Makers Reveals Significant
Concern About Protecting Corporate Data As Users Go Mobile
2. Symplified Mobile Identity Research: Key Findings
Identity and mobility are rapidly converging, transforming
identity into the new enterprise perimeter.
As the adoption of cloud-based applications increases and
more IT departments embrace BYOD, employees, contractors,
partners and customers are accessing corporate applications
and data from multiple devices across all global regions.
The resulting benefits – productivity gains, customer
satisfaction, cost savings, greater efficiency – are juxtaposed
by an increased security risk of exposing sensitive personal and
corporate information.
3. Symplified Mobile Identity Research: Key Findings
73% of enterprises
today manage
identities for mobile
employees; 44%
manage identities for
contractors.
4. Symplified Mobile Identity Research: Key Findings
42% are
very/extremely
concerned about
security of corporate
data accessed via
mobile devices.
5. Symplified Mobile Identity Research: Key Findings
More than 1/2 enable
mobile users to access
SharePoint and Oracle;
1/4 allow access to
Salesforce.
6. About The Research
About the research: Research methodology: Symplified
commissioned a survey conducted October 12-13, 2013 among
63 IT decision makers at companies with 3,000 or more
employees. Participants completed an online survey designed
by Lawless Research LLC and programmed via Qualtrics, Inc.
The margin of error is +/- 12 percentage points at the 95
percent level of confidence.
7. About Symplified
Symplified was founded on the principle that identity is central
to enterprise security. Today the company delivers an identity
management services platform that manages user identities
and access across any device or application, located on
premises or in the cloud, anywhere in the world. Symplified is
headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. Learn more at
www.symplified.com.
Editor's Notes
over a third (38 percent) reported experiencing accidental access by an unauthorized user; and nearly a quarter (24 percent) have experienced a hack exposing user credentials.
over a third (38 percent) reported experiencing accidental access by an unauthorized user; and nearly a quarter (24 percent) have experienced a hack exposing user credentials.