Third-party behaviors increase risk to organizations

A new Third-Party Risk Report from secure enterprise browser tech company Talon Cyber Security focuses on the ways in which third-party workers increase security risks and organizations vulnerable to data breaches. Talon surveyed 258 third-party workers, including contractors and freelancers, and finds 89 percent work from personal, un-managed devices, which organizations lack visibility into and therefore cannot enforce the enterprise’s security posture on. Respondents admit to using the devices they work on for various tasks including: browsing the internet for personal needs (76 percent), online shopping (71 percent), checking personal email (75 percent), saving weak passwords in the web browser… [Continue Reading]