Unmanaged Devices Run Rampant in 47% of Companies

This report shows that 47% of companies allow employees to access their resources on unmanaged devices, authenticating via credentials alone   [Subscription Center]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Cybersecurity Insider] Sponsored by: Hey there, When a device is unmanaged, there's no telling if it's infected with malware, downloading PII, or it belongs to a bad actor using phished credentials. So, just how big is this problem? Kolide [recently released its Shadow IT report]( which shows that 47% of companies permit unmanaged devices to access their apps and resources. And the problem goes much deeper than workers checking email on their phones. Here's a quote from the report: "49% of developers reported doing software development on personal devices, and 35% of security professionals use them to manage cloud infrastructure. When engineers do production-level work on personal devices, an organization's risk of a breach skyrockets. A bad actor can use a security flaw in an unmanaged device to break into a production environment, as in the LastPass breach." They surveyed over 300 IT, Security, and business folks to learn more about what workers do on unmanaged devices, why security teams are getting the problem wrong, and how employees are clamoring for more (and better) security training. [Read the Report](   CONNECT WITH TECHREPUBLIC   We're on TikTok and Instagram now! [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [TikTok]( [YouTube](   [Powered by TechRepublic and eSecurity Planet] Visit the [Subscription Center]( to get other free newsletters, manage your account settings or to be removed from TechRepublic communications. [Unsubscribe]( | [FAQ]( | [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( © 2023 TechnologyAdvice, LLC. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. This is a marketing email from TechnologyAdvice, 3343 Perimeter Hill Dr., Suite 100, Nashville, TN 37211, USA. Please do not reply to this message. To contact us, please click [here](.