1. 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 workspace
Definitions 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