In March 2019, Forrester Consulting evaluated
the evolving security trends and technology needed to protect and
enable employees. The study found that empowering employees
while adhering to security protocols improves employee productivity.
Forrester conducted an online survey of 887 senior business and IT
decision makers to explore this topic.

KEY FINDINGS:

• Constantly evolving threats force midmarket firms to be more
  proactive than reactive. With many high profile security breaches
  and/or cyberattacks being reported regularly in the news, midmarket
  firms must become more forward thinking in their approach to
  security.
• Spending on security alone is not the magic bullet. Midmarket
  firms must declare a culture of enablement, continuous skills
  development for employees, and perhaps most critically, a sound and
  robust security infrastructure.
• Restrictive IT policies will lead employees to evade IT security
  best practices, for the sake of getting work done. Bending the
  rules is not uncommon in the workplace, but outright avoiding IT
  policies in order to get work done is risky.