Bangalore: The advancement of technology in enterprises and organizations has resulted in gradual increase of criminal-cyber attacks and accidental data loss. With a grand increase in viruses, malicious codes and fake emails all over the internet, enterprises need to build a good and strong barrier to withstand these attacks. As the technology advances at a fast pace, here’s a list that features top 5 security threats to watch out this year.

#1. Mobile devices:

The best route to lose your sensitive data or be victimized by hacking is the use of mobiles. With the wide out spread of hand held gadgets throughout the enterprises and firms, people are often subjected to hacking and phishing. As more and more ‘own device’ policies are implemented, like BYOD policy for instance, it is now very easy to lose critical data- may be your own data or company data, from your own device.

The best remedy is by educating users about methods of protection, implementation of strong passwords and use of auto locking system. Companies should start implementing strong security policies throughout their networks, so that devices- whether company owned or private owned are used only for accessing the corporate network.