Study: Mobile workforce represents security threat in '08

-- Security issues related to the use of wireless networks have increased somewhat or significantly, according to 55 percent of respondents

-- 58 percent of respondent organizations don't currently offer security training related to the use of handheld PCs or laptops for data access and transfer to remote workers, nor do they have any immediate plans to do so

-- The organizations that don't currently offer security training for mobile workers cite the fact that there is no top management report or it is not yet a business or departmental priority as reasons

Market research firm TNS Prognostics was commissioned by CompTIA to conduct the fifth installment of the Trends in Information Security: Analysis of IT Security and the Workforce survey, and data was collected from more than 1,000 IT professionals during February 2007. The study also includes findings from some 3,600 surveys conducted since 2002, when the first study launched. CompTIA members and non-members from the Education, Financial Services, Government, Healthcare and IT industries made up the survey base.

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