If the IT department suspects the rest of the company harbors rogue app downloaders, it should look for the perps among staff millennials first.

That's what a survey of 1,500 North American workers by IT solutions provider Softchoice suggests. The survey queried workers on cloud security related issues, and found that millennials are far more likely than the elders on the job to go behind IT's back to download apps — often unauthorized ones.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.