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65% of Employees Bypass Cybersecurity Measures, New Study Finds


More than half of workers surveyed say they've shared confidential data with external parties and bypassed other critical cyber protections. Here's what you need to know.

A recent survey by CyberArk sheds light on the scale of this challenge, revealing that 65% of office workers admit to circumventing company security policies in the name of efficiency. This tension between security and productivity underscores a key challenge for organizations in today’s fast-paced business environment: How do you enforce compliance without stifling workflow? But when employees reuse passwords, share credentials or access work applications from unsecured personal devices, they create vulnerabilities that even the most advanced systems can’t close.

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