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Report: 79% of Security Professionals Don't Feel Their Company's Protections Are Adequate1Password, provider of the most-used enterprise password manager, today released its annual State of Enterprise Security report, Balancing act: Security and productivity in the age of AI. Based on a survey of 1,500 North American workers, including 500 IT security professionals, the report reveals how disruptive technologies like AI are heightening the longstanding tension between organizational security and employee productivity. Employees are under increasing pressure to perform; to boost efficiency they're embracing generative AI, hybrid and remote work, and unapproved applications and devices. IT and security teams are having difficulty keeping up, even as their organizations face new urgency in a landscape constantly remade by mounting cyberthreats and disruptive technologies. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240403682561/en/ 92% of security pros have security concerns about generative AI. (Graphic: Business Wire) "Since the pandemic, employees have gained unprecedented flexibility in where and how they work, and that flexibility often extends to the apps and devices they use. Productivity has become paramount, leaving significant security challenges for IT and security leaders-who often feel like they don't have bandwidth or budget to keep employees secure," said Jeff Shiner, CEO of 1Password. "When it comes to security and productivity, it shouldn't be either-or. Buinesses and security providers alike need to deliver solutions that keep employees protected and productive-no matter how they prefer to work. When you secure your people, you secure your business." Security professionals are struggling While IT and security teams work to expand employee access to new tools and technologies like generative AI, the challenge of keeping up with the speed of technology and safeguarding their organizations has dramatically increased.
For employees, productivity is paramount Well-intentioned employees gravitate toward tools, technologies, devices, and habits to increase productivity and support how they want to work, but they often don't consider or understand the impact on security.
Enter generative AI The rise of generative AI has accelerated the tug-of-war between security and employee productivity. Security teams are worried about generative AI's potential to expand the surface area for attacks, while employees are enticed by its potential to boost efficiency and output.
For the full findings of 1Password's annual State of Enterprise Security report, read here. For more information, stay tuned for an upcoming 1Password webinar here. About 1Password Trusted by over 100,000 businesses and millions of consumers, 1Password offers identity security and access management solutions built for the way people work and live today. 1Password is on a mission to secure every sign-on on every device while enabling productivity. As the provider of the most-used password manager, 1Password continues to innovate on its strong foundation to offer security solutions relied upon by companies of all sizes, including Salesforce, IBM, Slack, GitLab, Under Armour, and Intercom.
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