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Even as some organizations pull workers back to the office, the remote or hybrid work paradigm is not likely to shift back to its prior state anytime soon. One reason is employees still strongly prefer the flexibility to work remotely at least some of the time, to work non-traditional hours, or to spend part of each workday in the office and part at home.
of office-based employees value being able to work flexible hours.1
value working remotely at least part time.2
value being able to leave work during the day for personal reasons.3
of organizations have employees who work from home at least some of the time.
have employees who follow a hybrid work model.
have employees who travel for work.
Employers on the whole still favor allowing employees to work remotely. Whether it’s working from home, the airport, a hotel or the local coffee shop, 92% of survey respondents say their organizations support some form of remote connectivity. This means that mobile devices are more deeply embedded into business-critical workflows than they were in the past.
of respondents agree mobile devices are critical to the smooth running of their organizations.
of organizations have more users with more mobile devices than they did 12 months ago.
of respondents agree that mobile devices have gone from a nice to have to a critical business tool.
Employer support for flexible and remote work means an expanding array of mobile devices of various types are connecting to enterprise networks on a regular basis.
Increasingly, these devices are also being used to access sensitive information.
say mobile devices have greater access to sensitive information than a year ago.
agree that increased remote working has moved mobile security up their agenda.
agree that flexibility in where people work and what devices they use is key for attracting top talent.
Because mobile devices now play an ever-expanding role in enterprise computing environments, these ecosystems are more complex, more diverse and more dynamic than ever before.
of authentications to corporate networks come from mobile and non-traditional operating systems—a new high.4
With hybrid and remote work becoming an established cornerstone of workplace policy and organizations depending more heavily on more different types of devices—in more locations— strategic investments in mobile security are no longer optional.
1 Ivanti, Everywhere Work Report, 2024.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid.
4 Cisco, Duo Trusted Access Report, 2024.