{"id":1994,"date":"2014-01-02T14:39:18","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T19:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/mobile-device-management\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2014-01-02T14:39:18","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T19:39:18","slug":"2014-state-of-endpoint-risk-study-highlights-increasing-malware-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/mobile-device-management\/2014-state-of-endpoint-risk-study-highlights-increasing-malware-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 State of Endpoint Risk Study Highlights Increasing Malware Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2014<\/a>Published in December 2013, the fifth annual \u201cState of Endpoint Risk\u201d study examines how organizations are addressing the IT endpoint risk and finding where the most malware threats exist.\u00a0 The \u201c2014 State of Endpoint Risk\u201d study was conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IT software security provider Lumension.\u00a0 The report, which surveyed 676 IT and IT security practitioners, found that 75 percent of respondents view mobile devices such as smartphones to be the leading threat to endpoint security.\u00a0 75 percent also say that mobile device usage will increase in 2014.\u00a0 One of the most insightful results of the report is the consensus from the respondents that endpoint security risks are more difficult to manage than ever before.<\/p>\n

The report points out the challenges that IT professionals face in securing company networks because of the rapid increase of mobile platforms and public cloud resources.\u00a0 In the past 12 months, 65 percent reported enduring an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)\/a targeted attack.\u00a0 One of the main causes of the APT attacks are spear phishing emails sent to employees.\u00a0 According to the report, the top three applications with the highest IT risk were: Adobe (60 percent), Google Docs (50 percent), and Microsoft OS\/applications (37 percent).<\/p>\n

Additionally, 44 percent say that cloud computing infrastructure and providers like Dropbox represent major security concerns.\u00a0 Despite the potential risk for more security threats, only 44 percent are expecting their IT security budgets to increase in 2014.\u00a0 For 2014, the technologies that IT professionals expect to invest in are: application control, \u201cbig data analytics,\u201d data-loss prevention, device control, and MDM.<\/p>\n

Additional highlights from the 2014 State of Endpoint Risk study<\/b><\/p>\n

* 41 percent say they experience more than 50 malware attacks per month.<\/p>\n

* In the past two years, the majority of respondents say endpoint security is a priority for their company\u2019s overall IT security plan.<\/p>\n

* More than \u00bd of respondents indicate that their company has a BYOD policy that allows employees use their personal mobile devices for work-related purposes.<\/p>\n

Larry Ponemon, Ph.D., is the chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute.\u00a0 Ponemon says that enterprises have lost customer and employee data from the evolution of cyber security risks over the past five years.\u00a0 An example of the increase in cyber threats is the recent customer information breach at mega-store discount retailer Target. \u00a0\u201cWe’ve seen the threat landscape fundamentally change over the last five years.\u00a0 Trending data shows increasing concern, year over year, over the explosion of mobile devices on the network.\u00a0 It\u2019s now IT\u2019s greatest risk.\u00a0 And unfortunately, 45% of our respondents report no effort in place to secure them,\u201d says Ponemon.<\/p>\n

To read the Ponemon Institute\u2019s entire \u201c2014 State of Endpoint Risk\u201d study click here:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.lumension.com\/Lumension\/media\/graphics\/Resources\/2014-state-of-the-endpoint\/2014-State-of-the-Endpoint-Whitepaper-Lumension.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Published in December 2013, the fifth annual \u201cState of Endpoint Risk\u201d study examines how organizations are addressing the IT endpoint risk and finding where the most malware threats exist.\u00a0 The \u201c2014 State of Endpoint Risk\u201d study was conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IT software security provider Lumension.\u00a0 The report, which surveyed 676 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