A further 16% plan to introduce a ban on public Wi-Fi hotspots in the future. More than a quarter (27%) take the hardline approach of banning their use at all times, while 40% ban their use sometimes. The research shows the majority of organizations are still addressing mobile security problems by banning employee usage of free Wi-Fi hotspots. The conundrum remains: how can they keep their mobile workers secure while providing them with the flexibility to get connected anywhere using their device of choice?” “Given the amount of high-profile security breaches in recent years, it’s not surprising this issue is on the radar of CIOs. So while it is great that mobile workers are increasingly able to work from locations such as cafes, hotels and airports, there is no guarantee the Wi-Fi hotspot they are using is fully secure,” said Raghu Konka, vice president of engineering at iPass. “There is no escaping the fact that mobile security threats are rising. Overall, 92% of organizations said they were concerned their growing mobile workforce presents an increasing number of mobile security challenges. However, for all the positives this can bring, 94% of enterprises said BYOD has increased mobile security risks. Many organizations have now implemented Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies to empower their mobile workers. That was closely followed by airports (60%) and hotels (52%), with other locations on the list including train stations (30%), exhibition centers (26%), and in-flight (20%).Ĭompiling the responses of 500 organizations from the U.S., U.K., Germany and France, the annual iPass Mobile Security Report* provides an overview of how companies are dealing with the trade-off between security and the need to enable a mobile workforce. Overall, 81% of respondents said they had seen Wi-Fi related security incidents in the last 12 months, with cafes and coffee shops (62%) ranked as the venues where such incidents had occurred most. (NASDAQ:IPAS), a leading provider of global mobile connectivity, today published the iPass Mobile Security Report 2018, revealing that more than half (57%) of organizations suspect their mobile workers have been hacked, or caused a mobile security issue, in the last 12 months. REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Ma(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - iPass Inc.
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