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Only 27% of Organizations Use Encryption
An anonymous reader writes "According to a Check Point survey of 224 IT and security administrators, over 40% of businesses in the last year have more remote users connecting to the corporate network from home or when traveling, compared to 2008. The clear majority (77%) of businesses have up to a quarter of their total workforce consisting of regular remote users. Yet, regardless of the growth in remote users, just 27% of respondents say their companies currently use hard disk encryption to protect sensitive data on corporate endpoints. In addition, only 9% of businesses surveyed use encryption for removable storage devices, such as USB flash drives. A more mobile workforce carrying large amounts of data on portable devices leaves confidential corporate data vulnerable to loss, theft and interception."
I'm with you. In the consulting space, and the MAJORITY of companies don't have anything coming close to 'sensitive corporate data' to fall into the wrong hands that would necessitate encryption. To tell you the truth, the majority couldn't give two hoots about who reads their monthly sales figures, HR reviews, etc etc. Anyone who REALLY wants to is going to read them anyway, right? The MAJORITY of companies could care less. Eg. a Club. They sell alcohol and have a couple of restaurants, etc. Exactly the same as the Club down the street. And there is NO competitive advantage for the 'club down the street' to gain by reading the competitors reporting. Not a big deal.