Gartner projects almost 4 in 10 organizations will rely exclusively on BYOD by 2016, and 85 percent of businesses will allow some level of BYOD by 2020. If enterprises want peace of mind with regard to the security of their data and systems, they must understand employee perceptions and practices. Blurred lines between personal and work use impacts security and puts corporate data at risk.

1. HOW ALIGNED
DEVICE USAGE
KNOWING BETTER
DOESN’T MEAN DOING BETTER
WHAT ARE YOUR SIGN-ON
CREDENTIALS WORTH?
(WORK VS. PERSONAL)
In event of a data breach, most employees say the blame
would fall on IT rather than their own personal risky behavior
said C-level
executives should
be the first ones
held accountable.
PASSWORD WINS AND LOSSES
DATA BREACH: WHO’S TO BLAME?
Ping Identity conducted a web-based survey to a sample of 1,016 consumers in
October 2015. All respondents worked at a company with 1,000 or more employees
and used laptops, desktops, tablets or mobile phones for work purposes.
METHODOLOGY
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Gartner projects almost 4 in 10 organizations will rely exclusively on BYOD by 2016,
and 85 percent of businesses will allow some level of BYOD by 2020. If enterprises
want peace of mind with regard to the security of their data and systems, they must
understand employee perceptions and practices. Blurred lines between personal and
work use impacts security and puts corporate data at risk.
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Today’s employees use personal and work
devices interchangeably
of employees do
work activities from
a personal device
of employees do
personal activities
on work devices
IT, EMPLOYEES AND
SECURITY PRACTICES
One third
of employees
access work data from
personal devices more
than once a day
Employees have high security IQs, but still conduct
risky behavior online
55%
say they understand which online activities
expose their personal or corporate information;
however, their actions are contradictory.
37%
believe that it’s risky
to share passwords
with family members
are likely to share
passwords anyway
78%
ARE
TODAY’S MOBILE WORLD?
IN
60%
While many employees know password best practices,
ease of use trumps security
While a majority of employees won’t trade their sign-on
credentials for anything, those that do value work
credentials over personal sign-on info
Enterprise employees prioritize online security
79%
WIN
LOSS
82%
say their company has good or excellent
password and authorization measures in place.
WIN 52%
of employees changed their work
passwords in the past month.
Only one third of all employees have changed
their personal passwords within the last month.
LOSS
Nearly half of employees admit that they are likely
to reuse passwords for work-related accounts.
Nearly two thirds are likely to reuse
passwords for personal accounts.
Only 1 in 10 employees
believe they would be
accountable for a breach
59%
17%
believe IT is ultimately
accountable in the event of
a corporate data breach
SIGN-ON
User Name
j.smith
Password
19% 14%
would give up their email
credentials to pay off student loans
personal work
66% 74%
said they wouldn't give up their email
sign-on credentials for anything
personal work
would trade their email sign-on credentials
for paid mortgage or rent for one year
20% 13%
personal work
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4 5 6
7 8
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9
Nearly 12 percent of employees would trade their smartphone
passcode in exchange for one year of home mortgage or rent payments,
while 9 percent would trade the same thing for a luxury vehicle.