Secure device access: The missing key to your security strategy

Between work and home, how many devices are you using every day? The proliferation of portable devices has magnified the cybersecurity challenges facing organizations of all sizes.

For many businesses, the challenges of managing and securing IT assets have been amplified by "bring your own device" policies. As a result, IT organizations often no longer manage - or are even aware of - every device that accesses corporate resources. How is your business protecting access to devices, which are used to access organizational data and resources?

Did you know that:

• 94% of surveyed businesses have been negatively impacted by unauthorized devices or system access. This means that, for most organizations, devices are a source of vulnerability.
• One in five security incidents originates from a lost or stolen asset, which means your cloud resources are only as protected as your devices - the first login touchpoint.
• Over 40% worry about unauthorized access to corporate-issued devices, and nearly as many are concerned about access to personal devices used at work. This concern is warranted - if left without access control, both managed and unmanaged devices can be loopholes for bad actors.

If you count yourself among that 40% of concerned IT and security professionals, read this whitepaperto learn how you can better protect your organization with a solution like Okta Device Access.

Okta commissioned this study with Foundry to survey IT security decision-makers in order to better understand device access and management challenges across a spectrum of small, mid-sized, and large businesses.