Government agencies are more vulnerable to confidential data breaches from lost or stolen IT assets

In a 2009 ESG Research survey, 47% of security professionals working at enterprise-class organizations said that their organization was vulnerable to a confidential data breach as a result of “a lost or stolen IT asset” A large number of Federal government government laptops remain unencrypted. Sixty-eight percent of government organizations believe that “communicating and training employees on confidential data security policies” is most important. One-third of respondents said their government organization is either “fair” or “poor” in this area.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2232190/government-agencies-are-more-vulnerable-to-confidential-data-breaches-from-lost-or-stol.html