Is company data at risk when it accompanies business travellers on their business trips? Nothing could be further from the truth, according to a study published on 13 August by CWT on the theme of cyber security. According to the business travel agency, only 27% of European professionals say they are confident that they are not putting their company's data at risk when on business trips. The figure even drops to 19% if we focus on the French market, a level of confidence well below the global average (35%) and especially the American average (46%).
For Andrew JordanExecutive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of CWT, " These results show that travellers are not sufficiently aware of the need to protect corporate data. Going online in public places, for example, can pose a risk to company data. Awareness and training are essential to protect against potential security breaches "he continues.
According to figures published by the TMC, business travellers are most concerned about the theft or loss of their computers or other mobile devices (29 %), followed by the use of public Wi-Fi networks (21 %) and working on their computers or other mobile devices (9 %).
If the habits of professionals are anything to go by, this vulnerability may not be overestimated: in fact, 41% of French business travellers surveyed admit to having already downloaded a unknown document sent by an unknown sender, and 39% have already opened an e-mail from phishing...
