[HIB]Generation X Needs Security Support

Apparently it’s true: Overly rigid security requirements and strict policy enforcement do turn off younger people in the workplace.In a newly minted report by Cisco Systems and IDC, three out of four surveyed security managers say strict IT security policies and restrictions on the use of social networking sites have a “moderate to significant” impact on their company’s ability to hire and retain skilled workers under 30 years old (currently referred to as “millennials”).Conversely, one-half of the 500 security pros surveyed said social networks are among their top three biggest security risks, a fear that has been often cited in the slow progress of social networks in organisations. Further, about the same ratio said that they would allow employee-owned, consumer-class devices (eg the Apple iPad) on their network despite one in three revealing that they’ve had a security breach resulting from a compromise of a user’s personal device.

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