Half of younger UAE employees admit opening suspicious emails: study

Half of younger UAE employees admit opening suspicious emails: study

Half of the employees in the 16-24 age group in the UAE admitted to opening emails even though they looked suspicious, a new study by cybersecurity firm Mimecast says.

This group, despite its tech-savvy cred, is also guiltier of blurring the lines between their business and personal usage of these devices, the report adds. Everyone in the 16-24 age group (100 per cent) reported using their issued devices for personal use, while only 50 per cent of the older - 45 to 54- group admitted the same.

The State of Email Security 2020 report found that in the UAE, 87 per cent of respondents extensively use their company-issued device for personal matters, with two-thirds (66 per cent) admitting to an increase in frequency since starting to work remote.

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