In 2021, 50 percent of global respondents who are office workers stated that they have started regarding their work laptop both as their work and personal laptop since working from home. This creates IT security problems as individuals use devices differently when using them for personal purposes, such as accessing private emails or downloading files. Furthermore, 30 percent of global respondents indicated that someone else besides themselves was using the work laptop, too.
Office workers regarding their work laptop as private device worldwide in 2021, by country
Characteristic
Office workers that say since working from home, they have started to regard their work notebook/laptop as both their work and personal notebook/laptop
Office workers that say someone else besides themselves has used their work laptop or PC in the last year
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