Yougetitback Blog, January, 2009

56% Disable Encryption

An interesting report “The Human Factor in laptop Encryption” from Absolute and Ponemon shows that 56% of US Managers disable encryption on their laptop.

92% of IT security professionals indicate that a laptop has been lost or stolen in their organization. Of those stolen, 71% resulted in a data breach.

“The Human Factor in Laptop Encryption: U.S. Study” key findings:

* 92% of IT security practitioners report that someone in their organization has had a laptop lost or stolen and 71% report that it resulted in a data breach;
* 56% of business managers have disengaged their laptop’s encryption;
* Only 45% of IT security practitioners report that their organization was able to prove the contents of missing laptops were encrypted;
* Only 52% of business managers – employees most likely to have access to the most sensitive data (personally identifiable information and/or intellectual property) – have employer-provided encryption;
* 57% of business managers either keep a written record of their encryption password, or share it with others in case they forget it;
* 61% of business managers share their passwords, compared to only 4% of IT managers; and,
* Business managers are much more likely than IT security practitioners to believe encryption makes it unnecessary to use other security measures for laptop protection.

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