I think the other stats in here are more interesting. It seems obvious to me that IT teams are forced to trade security for operations regularly - that's just t

I think the other stats in here are more interesting. It seems obvious to me that IT teams are forced to trade security for operations regularly - that's just the constant tension between security and usability. It's the job of IT to advocate for security and the job of other folks to advocate for usability, and of course that will likely lead to some compromises on security (as well as usability). That doesn't mean security's being thrown out the window - trading security for business operations could be as simple as a 2FA code being six characters where IT would have preferred ten. But in the article they also say: "76% of respondents said that security had taken a backseat, and furthermore, 83% believe that working from home has created a "ticking time bomb" for corporate security incidents." That seems much more serious - it's one thing for there to be compromises made, but it's another for security to take a backseat entirely. Personally, if I were writing the story I would've focused the headline on the concerns about WFH (though I recognize the article's author didn't necessarily write the headline) - that's more specific and relevant to the issues of today than the more general "IT has to compromise on security" angle.