Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) schemes have become increasingly prevalent in most businesses worldwide, as employees look to use their own personal devices in a business context. When asked if employees valued certain devices over others, 89 per cent of those surveyed claimed this was the case.
“Rather than fight against the tide, organizations should embrace the use of these devices and work alongside staff to ensure that comprehensive IT policies and best practice guidelines are put in place to assist and inform employees about how their devices should be used. End-point protection for these devices is also crucial if businesses want to safeguard employees against an ever-changing, increasingly sophisticated threat landscape.”
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A myriad of threats:
* Employers often cannot assess data breach exposure on unmanaged BYODs
*Lost or stolen BYODs that contain sensitive data, with less than 1 in 4 can be remotely wiped.
* When BYODs bypass inbound filters normally applied to corporate devices, they’re vulnerable to malware
and the list goes on and on
Now that you know it, so DONT- BYOD!!! Got it?
Interesting BYOD stats.