Security News > 2021 > September > U.S. companies excel at limiting shadow IT, according to a new report
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, companies around the globe quickly transitioned to remote work to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in-house.
As a result, remote workers are logging on for the virtual workday on their home networks and at times even via their personal devices, leading to new security risks.
On Tuesday, ManageEngine published the results of its 2021 Digital Readiness survey highlighting remote work network risks, cybersecurity planning, limiting shadow IT and more.
"Overall, the vast majority of U.S. IT pros"believe that having remote workers has increased their enterprise's security challenge," according to the press release, and 97% of stateside companies have taken "security actions to safeguard their data" due to employees working from home.
A portion of the report identifies the most common security threats for companies and compares regional differences in these metrics: In order, the top U.S. security threats are phishing, endpoint network attacks and malware.
According to the ManageEngine survey, a number of companies are making long-term commitments to remote work in some capacity.