Almost three-quarters of hotels lack adequate internet security: WatchGuard

Almost three quarters of hotels around the world do not provide adequate security on Wi-Fi systems, leaving guests vulnerable to attack from cybercriminals.

That's according to the latest WatchGuard survey, which has revealed 71 percent of global hotels, restaurants and other hospitality organisations do not provide unique temporary user passwords for guest wi-fi networks, which could compromise corporate and guest network security.

The survey also found 51 per cent of global hospitality organisations do not monitor guest networks for suspect applications, malware or malicious activities.

Further, 62 percent do not monitor guest activity to limit bandwidth-intensive applications, while 48 percent do not use policy mapping or data visualisation tools to monitor performance.

“Computerworld”