Fortinet, a US-based global leader in high performance network security, has published global research revealing the growing appetite of Generation Y employees to contravene corporate policies governing use of own devices, personal cloud storage accounts and new technologies such as smart watches, Google Glass and connected cars.
Based on findings from an independent
20-country survey of 3,200 employees aged 21-32, conducted during October 2013,
the research showed a 42% increase in the willingness to break usage rules
compared to a similar Fortinet survey conducted last year. The new research also describes the extent to
which Generation Y have been victims of cybercrime on their own device s, and
their widespread practice for storing corporate assets on personal cloud
accounts.
Four Latin American countries were
included in the study this year, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. Responses from the Latin American
participants showed similar behavior compared to the global sample; however
there were certain areas in which Latin American data stands out from the rest.
Despite respondents’ positivity about
their employers’ pro visions for Bring
Your Own Devices (BYOD) policy, with 45% agreeing this empowers them, in total,
51% of the global sample stated they would contravene any policy in place
banning the use of personal devices at work for work purposes. This alarming propensity to ignore measures
designed to protect employer and employee alike, carries through into other
areas of personal IT usage. Thirty six
(36) per cent of respondents using their own personal cloud storage (e.g.
DropBox) accounts for work purposes said they would break any rules brought in
to stop them.
On the subject of emerging
technologies such as Google Glass and smart watches almost half (48%) would
contravene any policy brought in to curb use of these at work.
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