Enterprises have to adapt to workspaces for tomorrow

Global workforce will hit 3.85 billion by 2025 – 50% will be tech-savvy millennials who see work-life balance of high importance when evaluating job opportunities.

US businesses lose USD 11 billion annually due to employee turnover - to attract and retain talent, enterprises should offer flexible work styles.

Securing workspaces in a hyperconnected digital era

The need to transform your workspaceDefinitions and expectations of work are going through

radical change. Mobility and social networking are changing how, when, and where people consume,

contribute, and share information.

More personal devices for business use in the work place

60%

of employees use social media such

as LinkedIn

of employees use consumer telephony applications

such as Skype

of employees use business conferencing applications

such as WebEx

49% 47%

‘Work is something people do – not just a place they go’

Examining the current and future workspaces – changes to endpoints and the cyber risks they bring

Technology allows us to work anywhere, on any device.

By 2020, up to 1.55 billion workers will be responsible

for work that doesn’t confine them to a desk.

Legacy IT infrastructure must change to meet the demands

of mobility and availability across devices, users, environment,

applications, and emerging technologies in the new workspace.

– Harvard Business Review

79% of enterprises have no formal incident response plan, with resources wasted on investigating data breaches …

Dimension Data can help you to transform and secure your workspace in the digital era.

• loss of intellectual property• lawsuits• reputational damage• loss of careers for executives

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Source: Securing workspaces for tomorrow – A Frost & Sullivan white paper

• incorrect information used during work

• productivity loss• dissatisfied customers

hiding in legitimate looking files such as Microsoft Word and PDF

Workspaces aren’t ready for the cyber threats of tomorrow

Cyber attacks are mostly undetectable today

hiding in encrypted HTTPS traffic

End users are identified as the weakest link…

… endangering digitally enabled workspaces

54% of security professionals worldwide view phishing / social engineering as one of the top two most common threats

disabling smart locks is possible with hacking tools – 75% of 16 different models can be unlocked

Attacks on business emails cost US business between USD 25,000 - 75,000 a year

vulnerable smart building management systems exposed to unauthorised access and manual overrides over the Internet

Attacking vulnerable mobile devices

Devices don’t have the same level of enterprise security when they work off-premises

Personal productivity applications on mobile devices not sanctioned by the enterprise may contain malware

Is your workspace ready for the cyber threats of tomorrow?

The result?

Past and present The future

• employees are office bound

• work from home policies do not exist

• employees not allowed to bring their own devices

On-premise network security

On-premise data centres and corporate developed applications

Potential cyber risks• unsecured wireless

and LTE networks

• mobile device attacks

• attacks focused on cloud platforms

• working remotely without security

workloads and collaboration tools move to the cloud

improved work-life balance

Internet of Things

augmented reality

mobile sales force

virtual meetings

humanoid robots