Mobile devices are the weak link in a\u00a0company\u2019s security chain, providing easy\u00a0access to valuable organisational assets. This is according to\u00a0Check Point Software Technologies\u2019 third annual Security Report.<\/p>\n
For an organisation with more than 2,000 devices on its network, there\u2019s a 50% chance that at least six are infected.<\/p>\n
IT providers\u2019 top mobile security challenge is securing corporate information, while\u00a0their second is managing personal devices storing both corporate and personal data.<\/p>\n
\u201cCorporate data is at risk, and being made aware of these risks is critical to taking the proper steps to secure mobile devices,\u201d said Check Point South Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n Applications are also vulnerable points of entry for businesses.<\/p>\n 96% of organisations studied used at least one high-risk application in 2014, while 12.7 high-risk application events happen every hour.<\/p>\n \u201cThat creates many opportunities for cybercriminals to access the corporate network.”<\/p>\n The report also revealed an increase in malware in 2014, with 106 malware attacks hitting an organisation every hour.<\/p>\n 83% of organisations studied were infected with bots in 2014, allowing constant communication and data sharing between these bots and their command and control servers.<\/p>\n In-network actions can also easily result in data loss, and 81% of the organisations analysed suffered a data loss incident – often caused by current and past employee actions.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile most security strategies focus on protecting data from hackers coming in, it is equally important to protect data from the inside out,” said Check Point.<\/p>\n The Check Point 2015 Security Report analysed\u00a0over 1,300 organisations (including 39 South African organisations).<\/p>\n It considered over 300,000 hours of monitored network traffic from more than 16,000 threat prevention gateways and one million smartphones.<\/p>\n Massive Samsung security vulnerability: are you affected?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nApplications as a point of weakness<\/h3>\n
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