Less Than 40 Percent of Employees Take IT Security Seriously
How careful are employees when it comes to IT security?
Apparently, most aren’t careful, at all. What’s more, most aren’t really concerned whether or not IT policies are followed.
Take a look at these survey results. IT security expert Avira polled nearly 1,000 of its users in September and found that:
- Only 38.95 percent of those participating in the study said they adhere to security policies designed to protect their company.
- About the same amount (35.42 percent) admitted there are security policies in place at their business, but that they didn’t feel that anyone really cared whether those policies were followed or not.
- The remaining 25.63 percent said they see security as a system administrator’s responsibility and not an employee concern. (more…)









