Last week at VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas our team had the opportunity to interact with leading security experts across many industries and to talk about security for anywhere work. These experts generously shared their ideas and insights — even concerns that impact their day-to-day thinking. Throughout panel discussions and individual conversations at the booth, we delved into pressing security matters that significantly influence the daily operations of businesses and their employees’ experiences. Here are my three key takeaways.
1. Phishing is the highest mobile security threat across the globe.
Phishing is a form of social engineering, where cybercriminals send a deceptive message designed to fool a user into providing sensitive information and credentials. Once cybercriminals obtain these credentials, they launch malware on the user’s system. Phishing remains the highest mobile threat around the world, both on Android and iOS devices. The attacks are also getting more sophisticated and are spreading beyond emails to text messages and other forms of personal communication, such as social media. Yet 52% of organizations succumb to pressure and sacrifice mobile security “to get the job done.”
Cybercriminals constantly evolve their methods. We discussed how to protect against device, application, network, and phishing threats in the “Am I Being Phished? Protect Your Mobile Users with Workspace ONE Mobile Threat Defense [EUSB2727LV]” session, which is available for streaming online.
2. Zero trust focuses on protecting users, assets, and resources.
Organizations know the applications, services, and workflows that they would like to use for everyday operations. Once workflows are identified, organizations can narrow down and configure the components needed to start their zero trust journey. They can begin with fundamentals such as strong authentication and endpoint protection, and then move on to more advanced projects, such as automation, real-time analytics, and per-application secure tunneling. Whether you’re building a zero trust architecture from the ground up or evaluating your current infrastructure, don’t miss the tips and practical projects our panelists shared in the “Accelerate Zero Trust: Vision and Practical Projects with NIST and VMware Workspace ONE” session. The online recording of the panel includes examples of projects that you can align with your organizations’ specific zero trust goals.
3. Security is at the center of the VMware Anywhere Workspace platform.
Helping customers achieve an optimal security posture for their hybrid workforce is a key outcome of the Anywhere Workspace platform. At Explore this year, we celebrated continued innovation in device management and security. A major announcement at Explore was about our partnership with Intel, which allows for better security and out-of-band management via cloud-connected Intel vPro® technology. Read more about Intel vPro and VMware Workspace ONE here.
Conclusion
In every security breakout session, participants — including valued customers, partners, and prominent industry leaders — collectively recognized the inevitability of future disruptions due to security threats and breaches. However, in the face of these challenges, our shared commitment is not only to navigate through the difficulties but also to emerge from them more resilient than before, united in our efforts.
If you didn’t attend VMware Explore in person, I invite you to access the free on-demand recordings. For example, if you want to know more about how the VMware Workspace ONE platform leverages data science and automation to improve business outcomes, I highly recommend the keynote titled “Harnessing the Power of Data and Intelligence for Today’s Changing Workplace” [EUSK2765LV].”
You can always catch up on all the Workspace ONE Mobile Threat Defense security insights here in the EUC Blog or in the Tech Zone.
For more VMware Explore news, see our VMware Explore 2023 Anywhere Workspace, Workspace ONE, and Horizon announcement overview and all the articles in our VMware Explore 2023 category.
