Quantifying Productivity Outcomes in Hybrid Work Arrangements: A Technology Acceptance Model Analysis of SASE Implementation
No Thumbnail Available
Authors
marinos, richard
Issue Date
2025-11
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Hybrid Work Arrangements , Secure Access Service Edge , SASE , Business, Engineering, Science, & Technological Innovation
Alternative Title
Abstract
The organizational landscape has undergone a significant transformation as enterprises navigate hybrid work and evolving cybersecurity requirements. The shift to distributed workforces has altered security, necessitating the maintenance of data protection and operations in complex environments (Bhagat, 2023; Lakshmikanthan & Sreekandan, 2022). As businesses embrace digital transformation, they must enable workforce flexibility while safeguarding assets against cyber threats that exploit the expanded attack surfaces in distributed models. Cloud adoption, mobile workforce enablement, and remote collaboration have created security challenges that traditional perimeter defenses cannot address. Enterprise security architecture now faces the challenge of employees accessing resources from various locations and devices beyond the organizational firewall. This shift has exposed vulnerabilities in legacy frameworks while driving demand for adaptive security solutions that protect distributed assets without impeding productivity (Golovko et al., 2025; Parashuram, 2025).