PC Advisor (http://tinyurl.com/navms3s) reports that a new survey by Dimensional Research (http://www.dimensionalresearch.com), commissioned by cyber-threat security company, Centrify Corp., has found that user-owned Apple devices are massive security threat to businesses.
Of the 2249 US workers surveyed, 45 percent said they used at least one Apple device for work. Results showed the majority of devices (63 percent) were owned by the user as opposed to the company, and are used to access work email, corporate documents and business applications.
The study also discovered that 59 percent of Macs are used to access confidential company information and 65 percent are used to access regulated customer information. What’s more, 51 percent of iPhones in the workplace are used to gain access to business applications with 58 percent of iPads used for the same purpose.
Despite the popularity of Apple devices in the workplace, Dimensional Research says businesses don’t invest enough resources to secure or manage them.
