VMware, a cloud infrastructure and business mobility provider, has new research which highlights that ASEAN businesses may be at risk as more than one in three (35%) are using unapproved personal devices for work. Released early last month, the VMware Digital Workspace Study has found that 38% of respondents surveyed do not comply with their company’s IT policies or do not know them at all, increasing companies’ exposure to data breaches and business risks. Interestingly, Singapore topped the list, with one in two respondents who indicated that they do not always comply with IT policies or do not know them at all.
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| Source: VMware infographic. More than a third of respondents used unapproved devices at work. |
VMware Digital Workspace Study highlights include:
· Organisations in ASEAN prone to data breaches as 81% users in the region use their personal devices for work.
- Thailand (88%) followed by Indonesia (86%) were the highest users of personal devices for work followed by Malaysia (79%) and Singapore (71%).
- Two thirds (65%) of users across the region use mobile devices to check work emails and 41% to access work files.
- Nearly two in five (38%) users make use of mobile devices to conduct financial transactions. This functionality was the most popular in Thailand (52%) followed by Malaysia (37%). At 28%, respondents in Singapore were least keen on making financial transactions via a mobile device.
· Business vulnerability to hacks and cyber-attacks could leapfrog as more than one in three (35%) users who use personal devices for work, do not have them approved by IT and at least 38% do not comply with IT policies.
- Singapore and Malaysia (both at 38%) had the highest proportion of all users who use unapproved personal devices at work closely followed by Indonesia (34%) and Thailand (30%).
- At 50%, Singapore had the most number of people who did not always comply with IT policies or did not know them at all. This is followed by Malaysia at 42%, Indonesia (38%) and Thailand (24%).
· Struggles with end-user and interface experience could adversely impact productivity as at least 79% of all respondents had difficulties when using work apps.
- Having too many passwords to remember (38%) was the top challenge with devices. At 45%, Singaporeans felt this challenge the most followed by 42% of Malaysians.
- Issues with different interface experiences across devices (34%) and apps not syncing up perfectly across devices (32%) were the other two issues causing difficulties for the region.
· Unsafe password practices could make businesses a haven for attacks as 33% use the same password across multiple devices and 29% save passwords as notes on their mobile device
- At least 37% of Thais and 31% of Singaporeans prefer to use the same password across devices. The trend is mirrored in Malaysia (29%) and Indonesia (25%).
- Indonesians (32%) topped the list of respondents who use mobile devices to store passwords. This was followed by Malaysians (29%).
“In the digital era, employees, devices, applications and data increasingly live beyond the physical walls of the workplace. As the benefits of digitisation extend across the organisation to include a broader set of employees and endpoints, there is an urgent need to balance consumer preferences with enterprise security. The gaps, vulnerabilities and inefficiencies unveiled by the VMware Digital Workspace Survey findings establish the need to plug the gaps that could significantly hinder ASEAN’s competitiveness and growth,” said Ron Goh, President, Southeast Asia & Korea, VMware.
To address IT departments’ cyber security concerns and users’ difficulties accessing critical business information and processes on work applications, VMware has introduced access management and security capabilities for its VMware Workspace ONE solution. Workspace ONE combines identity and enterprise mobility management (EMM) to help organisations securely deploy all business applications and services with an improved end-user experience.
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