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By Ashley Curtis
13/04/2011
2,400 admins from 14 different industries in the UK, US, Japan, Germany and France took part in the survey by Check Point and the Ponemon Institute which suggested that 48.8 per cent of respondents believed their companies employees had "little or no awareness" about data protection,
it management systems or corporate policies.
Another problem was that employees found their companies IT security too complex to figure out. Itproportal.com states that the growing complexity of these systems mean that employees are "struggling to cope with the emerging communication and collaboration technologies."
Dr. Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute, said: "Employees can play a big role in being a first line of defence, helping their company enforce stronger security measures and promoting more user awareness within the organisation."
An independent research institute told techwatch.co.uk: "To enforce better protection, organisations need to approach security with a holistic view of their environment in order to understand where risks can reside.
"By educating end-users and enforcing security policies with a holistic view of the organisation, companies can minimise the complexities associated with security and compliance in modern-day business environments."
