work-life blending and the rise of hired hackers
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The recent Samsung 'People-Inspired Security' study revealed the existence of employees dubbed ‘hired hackers’. These tech-savvy employees use their preferred personal tech to get the job done, even if this means circumventing work restrictions and embargoes. A whole quarter (26 per cent) of the workers in our study use their own technology to bypass company-imposed restrictions, such as using unauthorised file sharing platforms or accessing blocked websites and social media. Understanding the work habits of employees is vital to building and maintaining robust but flexible security solutions for the enterprise community.TRANSCRIPT
32%
WORK-LIFE BLENDING
41%
32%believe work-life blending makes them less stressed
MERGING TECHNOLOGY
use personal smartphones for both work and personal uses
of people have more than 10
personal apps on their work issued
smartphones
30%
use their work smartphone for both
THE RISE OF HIRED HACKERS
almost three in ten European workers are usingtheir personal devices in the office for workpurposes despite not knowing, or caring, whether they are actually allowed to
29%
MILLENNIALS (AGE 18 - 34) MOST LIKELY TO USE TECHNOLOGY IN THIS WAY
37% 33% 46%
37% 30% 30%
UK France Italy
Spain Germany Netherlands/Belgium
“Samsung’s study suggests that just as people solve problems and improve their personal lives by ‘life-hacking’, many workers are using technology for the same ends. Millennials, who’ve grown up with mobile technology, are natural drivers of this trend, using their digital native intelligence to make IT work for them. If they haven’t already, European organisations need to design their work and security policies, and technology strategy, with this employee behaviour in mind” Dr Dimitrios Tsivrikos, Consumer and Business Psychologist at University College London
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38%believe work-life blending helps them get more work done in the same amount or time
of European workers either don’t know if their company has a mobile security policy, or actively ignore it if they do
One third of respondents believe blending helps them manage their personal tasks better, and the same proportion say it makes them less stressed
more than a quarter of European workers have used their own technology to get around company imposed obstacles to doing work
55%
32%26%