Social media has increasingly become an integral part of the workplace, but are organizations fully prepared to deal with the associated security risks? DataQuest India published an article today featuring a global survey conducted by Websense and the Ponemon Institute on social media risks. 4,640 IT and IT security practitioners were surveyed in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Mexico, Singapore, the UK and the United States.
The article highlights major findings from the report in some informational charts. DataQuest emphasizes the Websense finding that while 85 percent of respondents said that it is acceptable to use social networking within the company, 64 percent of respondents also considered it a serious security threat to the organization. The article also emphasizes that despite majority perception of the significant risk of social media, 39 percent said that they do not have any social media policies to inform employees about acceptable use of social media in the workplace.
Websense Senior Director of Product Marketing Tom Clare is quoted in the article:
“Blocking or ignoring the social media business opportunity just isn’t an option… social media is the new communication platform being fueled by the cloud and mobile technologies that employees are bringing to the workplace.” – Tom Clare
Surendra Singh, regional spokesperson for Websense, is also quoted. He calls for organizations to conduct a risk assessment to understand what practices may be putting organizations at risk and create awareness among employees about the impact of social media usage in the workplace.
Websense Senior Director of Product Marketing Tom Clare is quoted in the article:
“Blocking or ignoring the social media business opportunity just isn’t an option… social media is the new communication platform being fueled by the cloud and mobile technologies that employees are bringing to the workplace.” – Tom Clare
Surendra Singh, regional spokesperson for Websense, is also quoted. He calls for organizations to conduct a risk assessment to understand what practices may be putting organizations at risk and create awareness among employees about the impact of social media usage in the workplace.
To read the full report, click here. For a free social media acceptable use policy kit, click here.
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