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longDesc="Disaster Recovery Planning Template" height=123>In a recent survey
it was found that an increasing number of professionals (80%) work remotely and
rely on personal devices (many BYODs) such as smartphones –
63 %, iPads -30 %, and laptops – 80 % to access company data. Despite the
expectation that professionals with sensitive client data would understand the
associated risks and responsibilities, the numbers reflect that many
professionals working remotely, and their companies, are either unaware or too
casual about how to keep this information safe and secure. Interestingly, legal
professionals trailed the field, with 78% of lawyers reporting they were either
not at all concerned, not that concerned or only somewhat concerned about the
security of their company data for employees using personal devices for
work. 
Other findings for small-to-midsize businesses with fewer than
1,000 employees include:



  • 66% of all have a formal procedure for backing up company data
  • 87% have no formal policy in place regarding employees’ use of personal
    devices for work purposes
  • 32%  let employees make their own decisions about how to back up
    company and client data on their devices
  • Over 50%  do not have backup or data recovery plans that meet current
    standards for data protection
  • 41% store and back up company data on portable USB devices - which
    may be used by family members, get lost, or even stolen
  • Over 30% had a hard drive crash in the last 12 months where data was not
    fully recovered
  • 67% have a formal back up process - most are using external hard
    drives located locally

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