Lack of mobile encryption threatening firms

Even though the amount of corporate data being stored on mobile devices is increasing, levels of encryption are falling, a new survey by Sybase iAnywhere has revealed.

The study found that four out of five firms had sensitive business information, such as emails and passwords, stored on their mobile devices, but only over a quarter had any form of encryption, Computer Weekly reports.

This compares to last year, when 60 per cent of companies had sensitive data on mobile devices, of which 45 per cent were encrypted.

Mike Oliver, marketing manager for mobile management and security products in Europe for Sybase iAnywhere, told the website: "These survey results reflect the increasing use of mobile devices, but also continue to demonstrate a worrying decrease in the encryption of the data stored on these devices.

"Of those organisations that are investing in device security, far too many are still relying on end users to take responsibility for security protocols when these should be automated and controlled by central IT."

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