CDM-CYBER-DEFENSE-eMAGAZINE-March-2019

employees to contractors and sub-contractors – are spread around the globe. Design drawings
and collaboration must also extend across a multitude of different devices -- from laptops to
phones and tablets to connected things. And access business apps and sensitive company
information anywhere is there is a Wi-Fi connection or a cellular signal.
This dynamic work environment promises to drive new levels of freedom, productivity and
innovation. It also introduces new vulnerabilities and an expanded attack surface that requires a
more intelligent and contextual security model that centers on the user rather than the device.
Savvy IT and security teams will combine centralized policy control, user behavior insights, and
machine learning and artificial intelligence to administer security policies based on user behaviors
and access patterns. When an anomaly or risky behavior is detected, the system will contextually
apply appropriate security measures ranging from requiring a second-layer of authentication when
logging in from a new device and turning off certain features such as the ability to download or
print when accessing from a foreign network to blocking access to select (or all) apps after multiple
failed log-in attempts or access from a dangerous location.
A New Solution
This is where things like digital workspace technologies, come into play because they allow
companies to provide access to all the applications their employees need and prefer to use in
one, unified experience while giving IT a single control plane they can use to onboard and manage
application performance without getting in the way of the user experience.
A true digital workspace requires three attributes:
• First, it’s unified, giving users single-sign-on access to all the apps and content they need
to be productive in one unified experience.
• Second, it’s secure, applying contextual security policies to ensure apps and content
remain safe
• And third, it’s intelligent, using machine learning, micro-apps and bots to surface key
insights and guide and automate work.
In creating digital workspaces, companies can serve up personalized access to the systems,
information and tools their employees need, when and how they need them while keeping their
information and systems secure. And they can do it in a way that provides:
• Standardization and simplification through a single, centralized workspace that unites
users and keeps business in sync.
• Deployment efficiencies and cost control, as IT can more easily and cost-effectively stand
up and provision servers, workgroups and new projects.
• Greater resilience and security enabled by a flexible, digital perimeter that ensures every
user is intrinsically secure.