Security News > 2020 > July > Most Companies Are Ignoring Your Most Vulnerable Endpoint…and It’s Not the Laptop
A 2019 study found that most companies allow mobile devices to access between 1/3 and 3/4 of their most business-critical information.
Cybercriminals know that mobile devices are less secure, so it's no surprise that last year Verizon found that 4 in 10 companies were breached through a mobile device.
It's just harder to recognize some of the telltale signs on a smaller device, plus we're more likely to be using that device when we're tired or multitasking.
When 3 in 4 users blend personal and work tasks on a single device, we have to ask ourselves: why aren't these devices protected to the same degree as our laptops? The reality is that everything we do on a laptop can now also be accessed from our smartphone.
Not only are your employees accessing all of their work tools, services, and systems from their mobile devices, but they use those same phones to check personal email, browse the news, social media feeds, order on Amazon, and play games.