Ten Ways the IT Department Enables Cybercrime

Every day, cybercriminals find new ways to infiltrate the corporate endpoints for the sole purpose of stealing data and money. Companies are losing thousands of dollars each day while thinking they are secure. Companies have IT departments to ensure security, support and safety of its technologies.

Who would’ve thought IT is enabling cybercrime?

“Ten Ways the IT Department Enables Cybercrime” focuses on how IT unknowingly enables cybercrime by giving cybercriminals access to systems and data through a series of misconceptions and false assumptions. It offers ways to stop them based on third-party research and analysis from Kaspersky Lab (News - Alert) experts.

With BYOD and the emergence of smartphones and tablets, it’s not unusual for corporate executives to have a copy of their email on their smartphone, their laptop and one on their corporate mail server. There is twice as much data outside the data center as inside the data center. One common pitfall of IT is assuming he data is in the data center. IDC (News - Alert) research shows that desktops/laptops represent the most serious concern for Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and mobility is the number one factor driving new security spending.

Another enabler is the adoption of social media without protection. Social media and Web 2.0 technologies, if used securely, can help organizations increase collaboration and productivity and drive revenue. Many organizations are struggling with how to allow their employees to use these tools responsibly without sacrificing security and regulatory compliance requirements. This focus should be on how organizations should embrace social media in a secure fashion because, with a few exceptions, the outright banning of social media will eventually prove impractical.

End-user demands for access to the World Wide Web and all of the communication vehicles that it affords are at an all-time high. Business demands for those same communication vehicles are also on the rise. The mobility of employees and company data present a growing challenge and keeping up with the exponentially growing cybercrime threat is daunting. 

Kaspersky, provider of the whitepaper, is one of the fastest growing IT security companies worldwide. It offers products and services for personal and family and business security. Download the whitepaper to read the other eight ways IT is enabling cybercrime and how to stop it from happening in the future.

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