One in three US executives are not confident that their company can keep the private information of staff members out of the hands of cybercriminals, a new Dell survey covering 42 countries reveals. The global average is 29%, with executives in South Korea (51%) and Singapore (42%) reporting the highest levels of distrust. Furthermore, close to half (49%) of respondents worldwide say that their firm “will struggle to prove it’s trustworthiness within the next five years.”
A second Dell report found that nearly two-thirds (64%) of people are willing to use biometric authentication, while 88% are bothered by password expiration policies, as a result of which many choose unsafe passwords. Indeed, mandated password expiry periods are now widely considered to be counterproductive in terms of security.
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