“Seven out of 10 young employees frequently ignore IT policies, and one in four is a victim of identity theft before the age of 30,” according to a global study from Cisco, released in mid-December.

The three-part Cisco Connected World Technology Report uncovered some possibly worrisome attitudes toward IT policies among 2,800 college students and young professionals in 14 countries.

Overall, this up-and-coming generation of workers possesses a more negative view of IT policies, coupled with higher expectations for generous access to devices, remote connectivity and social media, than previous generations of workers.

The report also finds lower expectations for online privacy among the group. Perhaps this leads to lax security practices, as nearly 25 percent of them have already experienced some form of identity theft.

Part three of the Cisco report, along with parts one and two, can be accessed here. All are accompanied by very informative infographics, like the one below, that provide a quick, executive overview of the report’s findings.

Winters in Kansas City. We might get a lot of snow, but we are just as likely to get a layer of ice that turns our roads and highways into skating rinks. At such times, many employees’ and business owners’ minds turn to the appeal of telecommuting, whether or not they give it much thought during the rest of the year.

In honor of another Kansas City winter, let’s go ahead and think about telecommuting in a little more depth.

Telecommuting requires remote access to your company’s technology resources. (See Introduction to Small Business Networking for more information) And while security and cost concerns, as well as work policy issues, have kept some businesses from making the leap to remote access, there are many business benefits, too. read more…