
San Francisco, CA - November 14, 2017 - Lookout, the global leader in securing mobility, today released a new report which found that accessing data from mobile devices presents a significant risk for GDPR noncompliance. According to the report, "Finding GDPR Noncompliance in a Mobile First World,” 84 percent of U.S. security and IT executives agree that personal data accessed on employees’ mobile devices could put their company at risk for GDPR noncompliance. In fact, 64 percent of U.S. employees say they do access their organization's customer, partner and employee data while on their mobile device.
In conjunction with the new report, Lookout has launched the Mobile Risk Assessment to provide organizations with a custom assessment of their mobile risk based on a two-minute online questionnaire. The assessment describes clear steps an organization can take to mitigate their business and compliance risks.
“As organizations increasingly rely on mobile devices, the amount of personal and corporate data these devices access has grown exponentially, turning the mobile device into a valuable target,” said Aaron Cockerill, chief strategy officer at Lookout. “Enterprises are exposed to a new spectrum of risk as it relates to corporate data leakage and regulatory compliance. Looking towards the impending GDPR regulations, we provide the guidance CISOs need to understand their risks and to help them reach compliance across their mobile fleet.”
Key highlights from the “Finding GDPR Noncompliance in a Mobile First World” report include:
All organizations that handle data for individuals in Europe need to prepare for GDPR compliance today, including any U.S.-based companies that do business or offer services in Europe. As research firm Gartner noted in a recent report, "By 2019, 30% of organizations will face significant financial exposure from regulatory bodies due to their failure to comply with GDPR requirements to protect personal data on mobile devices." (1) Given the impending GDPR compliance regulations, CISOs need to recognize the security risks that mobile presents to both personal and corporate data. As employees continue to require access to data on mobile, CISOs will need to:
To read the full “Finding GDPR Noncompliance in a Mobile First World” report, including visual representations of the survey data, visit https://www.Lookout.com/info/wp-gdpr-lp. To take the Lookout Mobile Risk Assessment, visit https://www.Lookout.com/m1/mra. To learn more about Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security, visit https://www.Lookout.com/products/mobile-endpoint-security.
(1) Gartner, Revisit Your Enterprise Mobility Management Practices to Prepare for EU GDPR, Manjunath Bhat, Bart Willemsen, 9 May 2017
Data methodology
An online survey was conducted to a panel of potential U.S. and U.K respondents. The recruitment period was September 5, 2017 to September 15, 2017. A total of 2062 respondents completed the survey (excluding terminates and abandonments). All respondents were 18 years of age or older, employed full time at a company with 1,000 employees or more, and work for a company that has employees and/or customers/partners in the European Union (this excludes the UK; If only customers/partners, the company must store their personal data). 1,000 of the respondents were a decision maker or involved in decision making process as related to IT security, and had a title level above intern, entry level, analyst/associate. The sample was provided by Market Cube, a research panel company. All were invited to take the survey via an email invitation. The margin of error was 3.1%.
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