Menlo Security Mobile Report 2021

Project overview and methodology

• The survey was conducted among 617 IT decision makers from organisations with 1,000+ employees across the US, UK and Australia.
• At an overall level results are accurate to ± 3.9% at 95% confidence limits assuming a result of 50%.
• The interviews were conducted online by Sapio Research in April and May 2021 using an email invitation and an online survey.

Summary and Overview

1. Mobile security an increasing concern – The majority feel that attacks on mobile devices are increasingly frequent and sophisticated, and that end users are more vulnerable to attacks – and the vast majority consider mobile security to be high priority, including 99% of Australian respondents
2. Organisations should take responsibility – Over half thought that organisations should be responsible for the security of mobile devices used for work purposes, particularly those in larger companies. Australian respondents, however, were more likely to think responsibility should lie with end users or mobile vendors
3. iOS and the Apple App Store perceived as more secure than Android and Google Play – A third update their mobile device / operating system as soon as a new patch is issued, with those in larger companies and those who rate mobile security as very high priority being more likely to update immediately
4. Mobile browser vulnerabilities thought to be frequent, but employees not trusted to accurately report them – Two thirds believe mobile browser vulnerabilities occur at least several times a week, while a fifth think they occur multiple times a day. Despite this, only a quarter think their employees report vulnerabilities every time they occur
5. Respondents remain confident in their organisations’ abilities – While agreeing that mobile attacks are an increasing issue, the majority of respondents also agree that they are confident in identifying malicious links and preventing attacks via them. Most have mobile security solutions in place – mobile device management was the most popular mobile security solution, followed by Isolation

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