IT managers are under pressure from the top executives in their organizations to relax their policies on Web security in order to make users more productive. Sales and marketing personnel also are leaning on IT staffs to make life easier for users who already are using tools such as Google Apps and social networking sites on their own. Survey of more than 1,000 IT managers found that 86% of IT managers reported feeling pressure to allow more access to social networking websites, online collaboration tools and other cloud-based technologies. The pressure is coming from multiple sources, including C-level executives, marketing departments and sales.
Source: https://threatpost.com/it-staffs-pressured-relax-web-security-052009/72761/