Bring Your Own Device ( Byod )

The CSO or CIO should establish policies as to what data is allowed to be stored on mobile devices, what level of protection is required, and what access to internal systems various mobile devices can have. Regularly, these policies are part of the overall data management and access management policies. The network administrator and IT manager usually decide on which tools to use to ensure that password, virtual private network, access control, and malware protection requirements are followed. They may also decide on which types of mobile devices are authorized for use with company data and services. Managers and users are responsible for following these policies. It is tempting for employees to use personal devices with forbidden data and

What defines how you will handle all of these devices? Can personal devices be used or only ones issued from the organization. Your information could be at risk if people are allowed that access to information with proper controls defined by policy.

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is when an employee uses one or more personal computing devices for business purposes. It can include personal computers, laptops, tablets, USB or flash drives, mobile phones and even online computing services such as Dropbox or Google Drive. The history of BYOD stems from the technological advances of the past 25 years, starting with employees accessing corporate networks from their home computers via dial-up modems in the late 1980’s and virtual private networks starting in the early 1990’s, continuing through the massive increase in mobile phones and access to corporate email via Blackberry type devices and culminating in the current state of being connected all the time via tablets

Human factors influence polices in the BYOD practice in the workplace because for the most part employees are comfortable and prefer using their own devices compared to company issued devices as they can often multitask between personal and business access. The use of mobile devices comes with the consequences of the device being stolen, lost and exposed to threats. The possibility of these devices falling in the wrong hands or stranger not authorized access to data could result to harmful software application being uploaded or downloaded which could infect the device and compromise the network.

Eli Lilly is a global company of comparable size to Cummins. Like Cummins, Eli Lilly also has a collaborative culture. Eli Lilly’s mobile device approach strictly involves company-provided devices. Smartphones are provided to employees based on position level and travel needs. Eli Lilly opted to not establish a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) due to the legal and security risks that BYOD creates. After careful review and analysis, Eli Lilly did

| Mobile devices: The majority of individuals now carry with them devices that in the past were the purview of IT. Whether it is smart phones such as iPhone, Blackberry, Android, and Windows Phone 7, or tablet devices such as iPad and Google OS or Windows based devices, individuals have the power of a desktop in their hands. Given existing technologies, users can perform most of their standard business responsibilities using these devices and the applications available on them. Whether it be customer, product/service, or financial transactions, sitting at your desk with a computer is no longer required. Legacy IT organizations struggle with this new direction, and issues of control and change persist.

This document provides policies, standards, and rules of behaviors for the use of personally-owned smart devices and/or tablets by IT Department employee to access company resources and/or services. Access to and continued use is granted on condition that each user reads, signs, respects, and follows the IT policies concerning the use of the resources and/or services.

The reality is that there is no simple solution when it comes to regulating BYOD. Every organization is different and there are number of different factors that have to be taken into consideration.  First a company will have to decide which employees will be allowed access, as well as the types of devices

Employee interaction on all devices are relatively the same and have similar impact on all systems. Some companies are allowing you to bring your own device (BYOD) to work for an enhanced work experience and increased productivity. Some of the benefits from this are no tracking of daily productivity, the comfortability of having your own device, and lower costs to maintain company property. Depending on the size of your company BYOD could be extremely beneficial and allow the employees to take on much of the burden of debt to work at the company. The average mobile device cost approximately three hundred dollars and if you have anywhere from 10 to 20 employees that could raise the cost to about 500 dollars. Apple and windows users tend to be more familiar with their devices so it is easier to manipulate their business requirements as they need. Lastly, having the flexibility to utilize one device vice several saves a lot of discomfort whether on business or official travel. The ability to have your own dedicated

At the same time, there’s been a dramatic move in consumer conduct with the introduction of smart devices like the iPhone, iPad and Android-based devices. More and more users are adopting and willingly using these non-sanctioned smart devices in their workplace to access corporate resources, a behavior that has indirectly benefited the businesses in many ways. As business leaders recognize the value of individually owned devices in the workplace, they are putting increasing pressure on IT to permit the usage of these devices to access inner corporate resources.

BYOD is currently in its infancy stage in the pubic sector. Basic available information is still limited to public organization as to the benefits and challenges they will have to overcome if BYOD is a policy they choose to embrace. On the surface of BYOD, public organizations will observe an immediate cost benefit from hardware, voice/data and device maintenance. These cost benefits occur do to the sheer fact that they will no longer have to provide their organizations chosen device to their employees for the employees will provide their own. Under the surface of a implementation of BYOD policy, organizations should observe benefits from their employees use of their own device. These benefits range from additional productivity through the adaptability of advancing technology to an increased flexibility of working behavior.

Over half of all companies store sensitive customer information on mobile devices. It is a remarkable percentage that when dwelled on, can be truly alarming. Jason Ankeny, an Executive Editor of FierceMobileContent and FierceDeveloper and Jeff Drew, Senior Editor of The Journal of Accountancy, have concluded just that. A major shift toward mobile device procurement and usage has taken place in just a few years’ time. In parallel, development of mobile applications –programs designed to run on mobile equipment-- have also developed along a similar curve and timeline. As this explosion in development takes place, information security professionals struggle to stay ahead of new threats. Many companies have changed their respective

BYOD is a strategy that gives privilege to employees and business partners to use a personally selected device to achieve company’s task and access their data. The

The term mobile devices are not limited to cellphones; they include iPads, iPods, Laptops, PDAs and e-Readers. These devices act as a lifeline to the outdoor world, and are frequently used for navigating, social networking, shopping, banking and business purposes. What is often forgotten about these devices is that they are gateways to hackers. “Mobile devices can be used by a hacker as an access point into many other aspects of your digital life as well the lives of others in your network, making mobile security about more than just protecting your phone,” (Certic, 2013). Mobile Technology became widely accepted by most of the world in the early 1980’s and since then, the evolution of

Creating a robust mobile device policy is necessary to protect companies. For example, the policy must address securing company data and address legal liability (Choilawala, 2014). Therefore, it is critical to involve multiple departments, such as Information Technology (IT), Human Resources (HR), and Security, in building and developing the policy. Involving multiple departments provides various perspective to ensure business needs and goals are aligned. Common organization goals relate to increasing workforce size and enhancing employee productivity (Meyer, 2016).