Research Finds 450% Increase in Remote Employees Circumventing Security to Mask Online Habits or Steal Data – Security Boulevard

Research Finds 450% Increase in Remote Employees Circumventing Security to Mask Online Habits or Steal Data – Security Boulevard

56% of companies say their remote workers actively bypassed security controls to obfuscate online activity 70% of the incidents included at least one attempt to circumvent a second security control to exfiltrate data without detection 72% of companies surveyed saw data theft attempts by a departing employee wanting to take protected IP with them New research shows that the shift to an almost fully remote workforce has significantly changed the behaviors of ‘trusted insiders’ in 2020. In a series of interviews with hundreds of businesses across a diverse range of industries, researchers found a 450% increase in employees circumventing security controls to intentionally mask online activities and a 230% increase in behaviors that indicate intent to steal data.

Research Finds 450% Increase in Remote Employees Circumventing Security to Mask Online Habits or Steal Data – Security Boulevard