It Has Made Business Data More Difficult For Protect For It Organisations

In today’s IT world every organization has a responsibility to protect the information and sensitive data they have. Protecting data is not only responsibility of security and IT staff but every individual is involved in protecting the information. The risks to information security are not digital only, but it involves technology, people and process that an organization may have. These threats may represent the problems that are associated to complex and expensive solution, but doing nothing about these risks is not the solution.

The inappropriate disclosure or misuse of sensitive information by an employee may result in financial considerations and legal consequences for an organization. “Mobile devices provide all kinds of new scenarios for business data to go missing, be shared with others, or be stolen. You need to go into BYOD thinking this way, not just for everyday activity, but also when employees move on from your organization” (Arnold, n.d.).

Given the competitive environment and the sensitivity of the data that the companies might be dealing with, data security and privacy is a major concern for the business users. As aspects of the business become more “digitized” and accessible through or gleaned from broadband use, the disclosure of previously private, personal information has made many businesses wary of the medium. Having used Meridicom services for a longer time, business users trust them more. Meridicom can question the data security being offered by the cheaper broadband alternatives and at the same time ensure that they promote the reliability and security of their network in handling the sensitive information pertaining to the business users.

business data can be compromised due to unauthorized access or use which can lead to damage to reputation, brand and company’s physical assets

Moreover, now days using information system is not as walking as in the park, it has many new security treats that the company might lose their confidential data, financial and personal information.

While all of these technologies have enabled exciting changes and opportunities for businesses, they have also created a unique set of challenges for business managers. Chief among all concerns about technology is the issue of information security. It seems to be almost a weekly occurrence to see a news article about yet another breach of security and loss of sensitive data. Many people will remember high profile data breaches from companies such as T.J Maxx, Boston Market, Sports Authority, and OfficeMax. In the case of T.J. Maxx, a data breach resulted in the loss of more than 45 million credit and debit card numbers. In many of these incidents, the root cause is a lack of adequate security practices within the company. The same technologies that enable managers can also be used against them. Because of this, businesses must take appropriate steps to ensure their data remains secure and their communications remain

Security is the degree of resistance to, or protection from, harm. It applies to any asset, such as a person, dwelling, community, item, nation, or organization. Information held on your IT systems is vitally important. Its availability, integrity and confidentiality may be critical for the continued success of your business. Security can be breached in several ways, e.g. by system failure, theft, inappropriate usage, unauthorised access or computer viruses. This will lead to the loss of sensitive or critical information, directly affect your competitiveness and cash flow, also damage your reputation.

Data is stored when it is located on a hard drive. In this comparatively secure form, information is mainly protected by predictable barricades, such as anti-virus programs and firewalls. However, these barricades are not invulnerable. Companies and corporations must have additional levels of protection for data that is sensitive or secrete, from unauthorized intruders, if ever the network that the data is stored in is compromised.

From a business perspective the adoption of BYOD programs may seem like the right decision as a result of the increasing reliance and use of technology. Research and pilots performed by various companies have offered up the idea that implementing BYOD programs in the workplace environment will result in numerous benefits, to include increasing employee satisfaction by enabling flexible work schedules and cost-effectiveness by reducing the number of government devices. However, from a security perspective, there are many potential challenges and risks that can result from prematurely adopting such as program. Before considering the risks of integrating BYOD programs, there needs to be a general consensus that risks will always be of concern

Mission Health's Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement is well underway with a recent survey conducted at the hospital revealing that 90% of more than 10,000 of our employees use their mobile devices for both personal and work purposes. While permitting employees to use personal mobile devices to access corporate resources increases employee satisfaction, employee productivity, reduces capital costs, and ultimately improves the quality of care and increase operational efficiencies it introduces significant security risks.

| 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.

If an organisation allows employees to use personal devices for work, a BYOD policy for the use of such devices can make sure that all personnel are given notification of both the policy’s guidelines and the consequences for violating those guidelines.

Of the many disruptive innovations that are impacting computing, social networking and how people and companies communicate, smartphones are among the most significant. Their impact on the traditional PC market continues unabated with research firms including the wlel-respected Gartner Group claiming that there are more smartphones sold in 2011 than traditional laptop PCs, a point Apple Inc., likes to mention in their annual report as their iPad is leading this assault on traditional computing (Apple Investor Relations, 2012). Smartphones are also re-ordering existing enterprise software areas long held under the control of such large and conservatively run companies including IBM, Oracle, SAP and others (Franke, Schreier, 2010). Due to the strength of the disruptive nature of this technology, market research and advisory firm Gartner states that approximately 469 M units were sold in the last year with this year's forecast being 1.1B total worldwide (Apple Investor Relations, 2012). As smartphones are used the majority of the time for keeping consumers and companies both linked to social networks, regardless if they are public or private

This paper looks through benefits and risk factors regarding bring your own devices (BYOD). BYOD is a new practice that is becoming common to many organizations. This paper shows us that BYOD is an inevitable part of modern business practice and also this paper shows BYOD adoption continue to rise due to the effectiveness achieved in supporting the business operation. This paper also discusses the risks in BYOD that can be harmful to organization.

Over the course of the last twenty years or so businesses have seen an astounding leap in technological sophistication. The use of computers, tablets, smartphones, and various other devices has become very common at home and in the workplace. This has led to both increased productivity for businesses, as well as greater availability and affordability for individuals. With the blending of how, when, and where data can be accessed it is no wonder this interconnectivity between home and work has created issues never considered just a few years ago. One approach that some businesses have adopted to address both the positives and negatives in this frequently changing high-tech society are “bring your own device” policies.