Security News > 2022 > July > 69% of employees need to deal with more security measures in a hybrid work environment

42% have spent their own money on better tech to work more productively.

Conflicting views remain between C-Suite, IT, and employees when it comes to the future of work and technology's role in enabling the culture of hybrid work.

Just 13% of knowledge workers prefer to work exclusively from the office, yet 56% of CXOs still feel that employees need to be in the office to be productive, although 74% of the C-Suite report they are more productive since the start of the pandemic - showing a disconnect between what they have experienced and what they believe employees need to do to be productive.

Despite these challenges and executive skepticism, all groups reported being more productive in the era of hybrid work, highlighting the fact that it is not so much the place of work that impacts productivity, but the experience that people have when interacting with technology.

"The Everywhere Workplace has forever changed employee expectations when it comes to where they work, how they work, and what device they work on," said Jeff Abbott, Ivanti CEO. "How employees interact with technology and their satisfaction with that experience directly relates to the success and value they deliver to the organization. The Digital Employee Experience should be a board level priority, and IT teams are poised to be strategic leaders in their organization to make it happen."

The growing variety of devices and networks that hybrid workers use has greatly expanded the inventory of assets that IT teams need to manage, but 32% of IT professionals still use spreadsheets to track these assets and only 47% agree completely that their organizations have full visibility into every device that attempts to access their network.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/07/04/security-measures-hybrid-work-environment/