"Automotive Industry Employees Unaware of Data Security Risks"

According to Salesforce, 30 percent of automotive employees do not check security protocols before attempting to use a new tool, thus putting their company and customer data at risk. As companies store and use exponentially more data to power connected car features, concerns regarding cybersecurity grows in the automotive industry. According to Upstream, the number of automotive Application Programming Interface (API) attacks increased by 380 percent last year alone. In addition, 34 percent of automotive employees who participated in Salesforce's survey reported that their company now faces more security threats than it did two years ago. Salesforce's research explores the impacts of gaps between company security efforts and employee actions, revealing the need for automotive organizations to equip employees with trusted, simple-to-use technologies. This article continues to discuss automotive industry employees being unaware of data security risks, the rise in automotive API attacks, automotive employees taking risks with personal devices at work, and data security in the automotive industry.

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