According to the survey of 1,200 corporate end users in
the US, Germany and Japan, a third of US respondents, and over a
quarter of those from Germany and Japan, who admitted that they are
more likely to open suspicious emails or click on suspicious links
at work said it was because the computer equipment was not their
own.
But the survey also found that 39% believed that IT departments
could prevent them from falling victim to threats like spyware and
phishing. This belief prompted many of them to admit bolder online
behaviour, such as following suspicious links.
Of these cavalier clickers, 63% put their confidence down to the
security software installed on their work PCs. Forty percent said
that they were more willing to click because IT was on hand to
provide support if problems occurred.
This, says Trend Micro, shows a clear correlation between the
presence of an IT department and end-user confidence in the
security they expect against viruses, worms, spyware, spam,
phishing, and pharming.
It also emphasises the importance of IT departments ensuring
that they have up-to-date security across the business network.
