ABI Research released the results of a new survey. The gist of it is that less than a fifth of companies use voice encryption solutions to protect their sensitive information [1].
The good news obviously is that around 18% do protect their financial, legal and R&D info. John Pescatore, security analyst at Gartner, perviously remarked “that 18% is a bit [to the] right, but in the ballpark” [2].
The survey, conducted amongst 250 senior executives in both medium and large organizations showed that despite regularly discussing financial information (78%), employee data (66%), as well as IP (51%) and commercial secrets (50%), the majority of these conversations are unprotected despite over 80% of respondents believing mobile phones to be as vulnerable, if not more so, than e-mail communications if leaked. Of those who admitted to regularly discussing sensitive information, 80% believed, if leaked, this information would have a major impact on the organisation.
[1] Disclaimer: the ABI Research survey was funded by Cellcrypt.
[2] Huge caveat: his remark is taken wildly out of context and he did not read the ABI report, so please read John’s original post in full on his blog before quoting him anywhere.
