Gen Z really doesn't care about workplace cybersecurity

Date:
Thu, 20 Oct 2022 20:11:48 +0000

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Older generations appreciate cybersecurity more, in part because they didn't grow up with it, report claims.

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When it comes to cybersecurity in the workplace, younger employees dont
really seem to care that much, which is putting their organizations in
serious harms way, new research has claimed.

Surveying approximately 1,000 workers using devices issued by their
employers, professional services firm EY found Gen Z enterprise employees
were more apathetic about cybersecurity than their Boomer counterparts in adhering to their employer's safety policies.

This is despite the fact that four in five (83%) of all those surveyed
claimed to understand their employers security protocol. Recycling passwords

When it comes to implementing mandatory IT updates, for example, 58% of Gen Zers and 42% of millennials would disregard them for as long as possible.
Less than a third (31%) of Gen Xers, and just 15% of baby boomers said they
do the same.



Apathy in the young extends to password reuse between private and business accounts. A third of Gen Z and millennial workers surveyed admitted to this, compared to less than a quarter of all Gen Xers and baby boomers.

Almost half of Gen Z and millennials were "likely to accept web browser cookies on their work-issued devices all the time or often," compared to 31% of Gen X workers, and 18% of baby boomers. Read more

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"There is an immediate need for organizations to restructure their security strategy with human behavior at the core," said EY America's Consulting Cybersecurity Leader Tapan Shah.

Some say the apathy of young people towards technology is down to their over-familiarity with technology, and never having been without it.

Being too comfortable with tech undoubtedly makes an enterprise's younger employees a major target for cybercriminals looking to exploit any hole in security.

If an organization's cybersecurity practices aren't upheld strongly, threat actors can compromise huge networks with simple social engineering attacks.

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