Younger workers ignore IT security rules

The generation gap is here, again. A new survey from Symantec finds that young men and women entering the workforce don't see the fine line between work-based computer activities and personal activities. For instance, 75 percent of those under the age of 28--who are also called "millennials"--access their personal email at work and 66 percent of them check out Facebook and MySpace at the office. "This is a large volume of people who use these personal technologies," said Samir Kapuria, managing director, Symantec Advisory Consulting Services, which is in the business of providing security software. "Businesses need to ask themselves, 'How do I harness the capabilities of this tech-savvy group while also making sure of eliminating the risks associated with the use of this technology?'" This means that IT executives must tread lightly but still carry a big stick to deal with the issues that a new generation brings to the office.

For more on this generation gap:
- See this SearchCIO article