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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Overall survey n = 300 IT decision makers and 50 C-level executives at enterprise organizations were interviewed in the US, UK, France, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
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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 April 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122470/c-level-executives-bypass-security-protocols/
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