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Survey Reveals 1 in 5 Employees Going Rogue with Corporate DataAccording to SailPoint's 7th Annual Market Pulse Survey, companies around the world have reason to be worried about the use of cloud applications to share mission-critical information: 1 in 5 employees has uploaded proprietary corporate data to a cloud application, such as Dropbox (News - Alert) or Google Docs, with the specific intent of sharing it outside of the company. The survey also found a clear disconnect between cloud usage across the business and existing IT controls with an alarming 66% of users able to access those cloud storage applications after leaving their last job. And, despite that 60% of employees stated they were aware that their employer strictly forbids taking intellectual property after leaving the company, 1 in 4 admitted they would take copies of corporate data with them when leaving a company. SailPoint's 2014 Market Pulse Survey was designed to measure employee attitudes toward protecting corporate digital assets. The company commissioned Vanson Bourne, an independent research firm, to interview 1,000 office workers at large companies with at least 3,000 employees across Australia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. With only 28% of survey respondents stating that corporate policies pay close attention to who is granted access to mission-critical SaaS apps, the survey showcases the complex challenge companies face when trying to manage applications outside of IT's control, as well as the risk of massive security breaches and internal theft faced by companies. The Market Pulse Survey focused on specific regions to help companies gain a better picture of the progress of security controls around sensitive information. The key findings of employee actions around the globe include:
The complete results of the 2014 Market Pulse Survey are detailed in an infographic "Employees Going Rogue with Corporate Data," which is available for download at www.sailpoint.com/2014MarketPulseSurvey. (Interested parties have permission to embed and share the infographic on their websites or blogs with attribution.) About SailPoint As the fastest-growing, independent identity and access management (IAM) provider, SailPoint helps hundreds of global organizations securely and effectively deliver and manage user access from any device to data and applications residing in the datacenter, on mobile devices, and in the cloud. The company's innovative product portfolio offers customers an integrated set of core services including identity governance, provisioning, and access management delivered on-premises or from the cloud (IAM-as-a-service). For more information about SailPoint, please visit www.sailpoint.com. Subscribe to the SailPoint Blog: blog.sailpoint.com Follow SailPoint on Twitter: twitter.com/sailpoint Follow SailPoint on LinkedIn (News - Alert): linkedin.com/company/sailpoint-technologies SailPoint, the SailPoint logo, IdentityIQ, IdentityNow and all techniques are trademarks or registered trademarks of SailPoint Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other products or services are trademarks of their respective companies. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20141216005306/en/ |