Most organisations now allow the use of social media in the workplace, according to a Mimecast survey.
The study - “The Shape of E-mail Report” - discovered that LinkedIn is the most commonly used (in 55% of businesses), followed by Facebook (47%).
Though social media is being accepted, only one in three organisations believes its use in the workplace has genuinely decreased reliance on e-mail, with the impact of social media on e-mail usage limited by security concerns.
It emerged that more than half of the respondents (59%) believe current levels of social media activity increase the risk of information leaks and 55% believe the risk of security breaches is also increased.
However, organisations are still more concerned about e-mail-based viruses (55%) and e-mail security breaches in general (55%).
According to the study, the changing nature of employee e-mail usage has the potential to greatly impact the security of information.
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