"Working from home 2021" was the title of my talk at  The Cyber Security Summit  in January, and the strikethrough is important. After a massive shift away from common workspaces in response to the global pandemic, there is no more working remotely or working from home, there is just  working . The axiom, "work is what you do, not where you go" has never before been so true.

\r\n The possibility for the workforce to be location independent is now reality. We will never go back to an environment in which a preponderance of people toil away in office buildings five days a week, from nine to five, nor will we carry on the quasi-cottage industries of 2020 with everyone at home trying to be productive. For every executive looking to trim the real estate budget while enjoying less commute and more family time, there are several employees staring at laptops on the edge of their beds sharing spotty Wi-Fi with flatmates who can't wait to get back in the office.…