IT Leaders See ‘Uptick’ in ‘Risky’ Online Behaviors: Tanium

IT decision-makers observed an “uptick in risky behaviors” online from employees since the pandemic forced most to work remotely, reported Tanium Monday. The cybersecurity vendor canvassed 500 enterprise IT leaders in the U.S. and U.K. in late November, finding 41% say employees stored sensitive data on their PCs and 38% say workers click on phishing emails. The SolarWinds attack illustrated “the systemic vulnerabilities in the ever-growing software supply chain,” said Tanium. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, 30% of respondents have observed their end users not updating software, said the company. The survey found two-thirds of companies accelerated their planned investments in cloud infrastructure after work-from-home regimens began, but cloud adoption isn’t consistent across regions. Tanium found 40% of U.S. IT decision-makers think their companies are well ahead of others in using cloud services, compared with 24% of U.K. respondents.