Corporate Security Policies Found Ineffective

A security policy is as good as the employees who follow it, right? A Cisco-commissioned study on data leakage revealed that many employees fail to adhere to security policies because due to poor communications with IT professionals.

Altogether, the study, which was conducted by InsightExpress, a U.S.-based market research firm, surveyed more than 2,000 employees and IT professionals in 10 countries about the prevalence and effectiveness of corporate security policies in the workplace and the reasons employees either break or adhere to them. Specifically, the study examined corporate security policies, and found that risky security behavior and failure to comply with a company's security policy often resulted from lack of communication and awareness, and failure to align policy with employee job objectives. ... Go to source