Businesses still consider desktop users to be the biggest security risk to their networks, despite increased concern over outsourced labour and remote users, according to a new survey by Sophos.Such users were considered the greatest threat to security by 44 percent of respondents.
While office bound employees have consistently topped the list of those thought most likely to compromise network security in past surveys, they have lost ground to remote and mobile employees, who are considered to be a greater security threat by 31 percent of respondents.
Other users considered to be a threat to network security include contractors and outsourced labour, at 14 percent, and guests, 11 percent.
