When office workers are asked to self-report anonymously on <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2232875,00.asp">their work-related security behaviors and attitudes,</A> a snapshot emerges that may make IT workers cringe. The research, conducted in on-the-street surveys in Boston and Washington by RSA in November and published in a report titled "The Confessions Survey," found that 53 percent of respondents who work for the private sector access work email via a public computer such as at an Internet cafe, airport kiosk, hotel or the like. The same is true of 51 percent of government employees.

Sixty-eight percent of enterprise workers leave work carrying a mobile device--such as a laptop, smartphone or USB flash drive--that holds sensitive job-related information, including customer data, Social Security numbers or company financials. That's also true for 58 percent of government workers.