Productivity trumps security

An overwhelming majority of workers are putting the security of their entire business at risk by preferring productivity over safety, new research has claimed. A survey by security firm Bromium found that most security professionals are often asked to make exceptions to their work that would put companies at risk. Worryingly, nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of security workers surveyed at the recent Infosecurity Europe 2017 event in London said that they had modified protocols in the workplace to allow employees more freedom to get their work done because of a request from leadership. Forty percent also admitted to turning security off to… [Continue Reading]