- By Ian Barker posted on 9/4/2014
The results of a new survey from Kaspersky Lab show that the rate of mobile device theft is increasing but over the same period the time taken for IT departments to respond has increased.
Part of this is down to employees taking longer to report mobile loss or theft. Only half report the theft of a mobile device within a day with 38 percent taking up to two days and nine percent waiting between three and five days.
In 2014 25 percent of companies have experienced the theft of a mobile device, compared to only 14 percent in 2011. Most concerning though is that 19 percent of those surveyed say that mobile device theft has resulted in the loss of business data.
The survey of over 3,900 IT security professionals also finds that 52 percent are more concerned about mobile risks than in previous years, 43 percent believe that mobile working patterns pose too much risk, and 42 percent belive that BYOD policies pose increased risk to the business.
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