During a 2020 survey of IT decision makers and C-level executives at enterprise organizations, it was found that 28 percent of C-level executives had requested to bypass security protocols in their organizations two to three times. In contrast, only 22 percent of of C-level executives had never requested to bypass their company's security protocols.
During the last year, how many times have you requested to bypass one of your organization's security protocols?
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Forbes, & MobileIron. (May 29, 2020). During the last year, how many times have you requested to bypass one of your organization's security protocols? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 22, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122470/c-level-executives-bypass-security-protocols/
Forbes, und MobileIron. "During the last year, how many times have you requested to bypass one of your organization's security protocols?." Chart. May 29, 2020. Statista. Accessed September 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122470/c-level-executives-bypass-security-protocols/
Forbes, MobileIron. (2020). During the last year, how many times have you requested to bypass one of your organization's security protocols?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122470/c-level-executives-bypass-security-protocols/
Forbes, and MobileIron. "During The Last Year, How Many times Have You Requested to Bypass One of Your Organization's Security Protocols?." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122470/c-level-executives-bypass-security-protocols/
Forbes & MobileIron, During the last year, how many times have you requested to bypass one of your organization's security protocols? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122470/c-level-executives-bypass-security-protocols/ (last visited September 22, 2023)
During the last year, how many times have you requested to bypass one of your organization's security protocols? [Graph], Forbes, & MobileIron, May 29, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122470/c-level-executives-bypass-security-protocols/