The technological boom has affected every industry and business with all the introduction of new concepts and methodologies. Methods which aim at enhancing the productivity of any company and keep its workforce engaged within their assigned operations.
Various concepts like Enterprise mobility, bring your individual device or BYOD were brought to facilitate the workforce to work outside the boundaries of organization while staying linked with the LAN in the company. However, there is always a threat related to this method and may create a great loss with a business whether it is policies are compromised in anyway. So in the case of the thought of BYOD, numerous security concerns can arise which makes it turned into a bottleneck rather than a facility for the business to easily accept.
Many of the security concerns while using notion of BYOD in companies are:
Decrease in device: Mobile devices are lost or stolen every day on account of not enough attention on the owner's part. However, after deploying such a device for that corporate purpose the having device from the right hands become crucial. Because the device is currently indulged in storing and exchanging the lead relevant to a company, losing device is seen as a major threat for your organization.
Personal & professional use: Because notion of BYOD allows employees to include their personal device within their working practice, the device is used for multiple purposes. Device dedication for over one operation deviates its purpose. Not only this, the mixing of knowledge becomes unmanageable for the user & also, a few other operations like updating the approval, which can require the custody of the device, may very well be objectionable to user.
Various concepts like Enterprise mobility, bring your individual device or BYOD were brought to facilitate the workforce to work outside the boundaries of organization while staying linked with the LAN in the company. However, there is always a threat related to this method and may create a great loss with a business whether it is policies are compromised in anyway. So in the case of the thought of BYOD, numerous security concerns can arise which makes it turned into a bottleneck rather than a facility for the business to easily accept.
Many of the security concerns while using notion of BYOD in companies are:
Decrease in device: Mobile devices are lost or stolen every day on account of not enough attention on the owner's part. However, after deploying such a device for that corporate purpose the having device from the right hands become crucial. Because the device is currently indulged in storing and exchanging the lead relevant to a company, losing device is seen as a major threat for your organization.
Personal & professional use: Because notion of BYOD allows employees to include their personal device within their working practice, the device is used for multiple purposes. Device dedication for over one operation deviates its purpose. Not only this, the mixing of knowledge becomes unmanageable for the user & also, a few other operations like updating the approval, which can require the custody of the device, may very well be objectionable to user.