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Five Ways Your Employees Sidestep Information Security Policies (Data on the Edge)
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A good employee finds ways to overcome roadblocks and get the job done. But in the case of enterprise IT security, good employees may be your biggest threat. In fact, a recent Dell survey found that nearly seventy percent of IT professionals believe employee workarounds are the greatest risk to their organizations’ security.
We’ve all been there: juggling numerous log-in credentials, following tedious document transfer policies, struggling with subpar app functionality—all the while knowing there’s a better way. IT security policies have a knack for getting in the way of getting the job done. Dell also found that ninety-one percent of workers feel their work productivity is negatively impacted by IT security measures. So what are some of the most common workarounds used by imaginative, driven but often password-fatigued employees?
