Working remotely fuels personal use of company devices in the UAE

  • Date: 28-Oct-2020
  • Source: Arabian Business
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:uae-top-picks
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Working remotely fuels personal use of company devices in the UAE

New research has been published highlighting the risky behaviour of UAE-based employees using company-issued devices.

According to a survey by Mimecast Limited, an email security and cyber resilience company, 87 percent of UAE respondents extensively use their company-issued device for personal matters, with two-thirds (66 percent) admitting to an increase in frequency since starting to work remote.

The most common activities were checking personal email (57 percent), carrying out financial transactions (59 percent) and video calls with friends and family (50 percent).

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The State of Email Security 2020 report also said that personal email and browsing the web/shopping online were already two areas of major concern for IT professionals.

In the Middle East, 66 percent