{"id":63323,"date":"2013-12-12T10:11:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T15:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2022-08-26T15:27:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T19:27:41","slug":"is-your-data-safe-from-gen-y","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/is-your-data-safe-from-gen-y\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Data Safe From Gen Y?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IsFortinet<\/a> (FTNT<\/a>) released\u00a0a new study<\/a> that says that most Gen Y staff<\/strong> members are thwarting their employers’ Bring Your Own Device<\/a> programs<\/strong>. Fortinet surveyed 3,200 employees between the ages of 21 and 32 on their attitudes and practices around BYOD and found that 51 percent of respondents said they would ignore formal BYOD policies<\/strong> at their organization.\u00a0 “It’s worrying to see policy contravention so high …<\/em>” Fortinet VP of Marketing John Maddison said in the study report.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gen Y staff<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Gen<\/a>The same Fortinet survey revealed that 55 percent said they have been the victims of cyberattacks<\/strong> on their desktops or laptops. The respondents noted that those attacks had affected their productivity and potentially cost them corporate or personal data<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

FierceCIO<\/a><\/em> provides another example<\/a> of staff’s cavalier attitude towards data security from Symantec. According to the Mountain View, <\/a>CA-based\u00a0Symantec<\/a> (SYMC<\/a>) when it comes to corporate data, employees who feel like they live in a “finder’s keepers<\/strong>” environment, Robert Hamilton, Symantec director of information risk management said. The firm surveyed workers in the U.S. about taking corporate data outside of the workplace if they would use company information in another job and their views on whether that constituted stealing. FierceCIO<\/em> reports the results of the survey<\/a>, were not encouraging to IT security professionals and IT management.<\/p>\n

Finder’s keepers<\/h3>\n