PhoneFactor Publishes New Whitepaper on IT Security Trends

Posted  December 7, 2009 By Sarah

PhoneFactor recently published the results of its survey on IT security trends in a new whitepaper IT Security & Authentication: Key Concerns for 2010. Results of the PhoneFactor survey of more than 250 IT professionals indicate a greater level of insecurity today than in the previous years, both from increasing external threats and decreasing confidence in current security practices.

Key findings include… One in four respondents reported that their company’s network or data had been compromised, up from one in five last year. More than half of respondents (57%) feel malware is the greatest data security threat today. Poor password policies ranked second at just over 27%. Only 35% of respondents feel their company’s current authentication system is “very” or “extremely” secure – a 16% percent decrease from last year. More than 3/4 of respondents feel that companies who they give their personal data to are either “extremely” or “very” responsible for protecting their personal or financial information. More than half (57%) of respondents believe users would prefer to carry a cell phone over other two-factor authentication devices, including a security token or fob, a USB token or fob, a grid card, or a smart card. In fact, the majority of respondents – 70% – agreed with Wired’s statement that security tokens are a “top 10 worst gadget ever.”

The complete survey results are available in a new whitepaper IT Security & Authentication: Key Concerns for 2010. Download the whitepaper at http://www.phonefactor.com/how-it-works/white-paper/security-authentication-key-concerns-2010.

-Sarah