Security News > 2020 > June > 48% of employees are less likely to follow safe data practices when working from home
In a survey of 1,000 people from the US and 1,000 from the UK, Tessian researchers found that 48% are less likely to follow safe data practices when working from home and 84% of IT leaders surveyed said data loss prevention is more challenging when employees are working from home.
More than 90% of IT leaders trust their staff to follow best security practices when working from home yet 52% of employees believe they can get away with riskier behavior when telecommuting, creating a dangerous situation for companies in sensitive industries.
The report goes into detail about why employees take more chances when working from home and the differences between employees based on age or location.
When asked why they put their company and its data at risk, employees gave a variety of answers, with half saying "Not being watched by IT" was their main reason for not following safe data practices.
When broken down by organization size, more than half of those at organizations with at least 50 employees, 250 employees and 999 employees all say they are less likely to follow safe data practices.