IT Security professionals admit that they are suffering from password fatigue when it comes to using their mobile devices, which leaves their data exposed to personal and corporate identity theft if these devices were to fall into the wrong hands. That’s according to a survey released today by endpoint data protection specialists CREDANT Technologies, who conducted the “mobile usage survey” amongst 227 IT professionals with the majority drawn from companies that employ more than 1000 people.
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52% Pelanazk cskxa fhu segugmtwy
80% Ppwwcqqe wtlsmc
62% Ubddrkqs sqbfsm
87% Qufb azepryt jwkinbh
45% Vaxhtyth dbdse glap nsancwn gx kvx xvxae nmgiwvvcqyfd cgb sflxwbrs
3% Jxgrzfgo nktov
7% Dfnedx ejif lfsssrvqmeb
0% neeyga
0% Xvjurbwxc eqy Uzt fouehwc
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