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Mobile Growing Pains in the Public Sector

CAN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES KEEP UP?More employees are requesting to use their own mobile devices for work-related email and data, or accessing personal data on company-issued mobile devices. Productivity and e�ciency drive the desire for mobile computing, but the public sector has been slow to adopt this trend, due to security and compliance concerns.

95% of federal mobile device users say their work has improved as a result of having access to mobile devices*

Federal employees estimate they are gaining on average

9 hours per week

and believe they are

more productiveas a resultof mobile devices

=$28bin productivity gains

IT CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS:Mixing business with pleasure

Government agencies are moving slowly to adopt BYOD, but security risks are not yet locked down:

Just 11% of federal agencies (Feds) who use personal devices for worksay their agency has a BYOD policy.

Lack of password protection:

55% of federal smartphone users use their personal device for work.

1 in 3 does not havepassword protection.

58% of federal employees believe agencies can take greater advantage of mobile devices(more productivity, flexibility, e�ciency)*

Employees continueto storework emailon personal devices

RISK ALERT!

Employees are downloading personal apps, a potential compromise to classified data.

Mobilemalware attacks

have increased 185% in lessthana year*

MOVING FORWARD:How to create a more productivegovernment workforce

Develop and promote clear policies for all agency workers who will be using mobile devices or accessing agency data remotely (only 1 in 10 Feds say their agencyhas a BYOD policy)

Enable secure connections& access to data

Enforce regulations to ensuredata and network security

Implement VMware Mobile SecureWorkplace for Government to:

• Empower your workforce with secure, roaming access to their desktop, apps and data across devices and locations

• Increase productivity and efficiency

• Reduce desktop management costsby up to 50%

• Enhance data security and compliance

• Deliver uncompromised end-user experiences

THE NEW MOBILE GOVERNMENT

Better collaboration

Faster decision making(faster access to data from remote locations)

High employee productivity

High employee satisfaction

More flexibility for ITand government workers

Cost savings

To learn how you can securely deliver data, desktops and apps to your mobile agency workers, visit www.vmware.com/go/GovMobility

Source: Mobile Work Exchange "The 2013 Digital Dilemma Report: Mobility, Security, Productivity — Can We Have It All?" — January 2013

*according to GAO, http://www.gao.gov/assets/650/648519.pdf

More government employees are using mobile devices to access their agency data and applications, but IT security concerns are looming. Public sector IT organizations must strike the right balance between protecting agency assets and enabling increasingly mobile agency workforces.