Employees trying to save time and shop for Christmas presents online at work are making company networks vulnerable to malware and other cyberthreats. "While the annual survey into workers' internet seasonal shopping habits, conducted by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), suggests employees will spend far fewer work hours shopping online this year – an average of six hours compared with 14 last year – it says the risk of them clicking on dubious or unauthenticated email links, or divulging personal information to unverified websites, is greater," reports the Guardian. "This is mainly due to more employees using company mobile devices such as notebook computers, tablets or smart phones, which increase a company's security risk when used on wireless networks outside of protected corporate networks, the report said. They are also more easily lost or stolen, and contain corporate data that is typically not encrypted."
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