Most employees do not understand business continuity, or whether their firm has such a plan, according to new research.
Carried out by BT, the study found that three-quarters of staff do not know if their firm has a plan, or what it involves, with almost a quarter thinking losing their mobile phone would not be a disaster.
The research also found that 38 per cent of staff who have lost their mobile device admitted that it was not secured.
Ray Stanton, global head at BT's business continuity, security and governance practice, said: "As the profile of information security has increased in recent years, so businesses have become more adept at addressing strategic issues like risk management, outsourcing and security auditing.
"The worry is that at the same time they have been forgetting about the fundamentals."
BT said that companies need to do more to educate their staff on the risks facing a business and protecting corporate data.
A recent survey by San Disk revealed that employees are putting their company at risk by bringing personal flash drives into work.
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