For decades, the employment of BYOD has been of great concern to many employers. By definition, it describes the introduction of business trend of the worker-owned technologies in a work place (Smith 2013 pg132). In addition, it involves a bigger phenomenon of information technology. This entails the dual use of employee’s personal devices and software for individual and work purposes within an organization. Some scholars support that BYOD in relation to security concerns represents a paradigm change in utilization and management of terminal devices in an enterprise. Based on above therefore, the following essay tries to explain how BYOD is of merits and demerits as far as security in an organization is concerned (Hayes 2013 pg114).
Based on the merits, BYOD helps reduce expense for employees. Based on be almost 80 dollars per employee within a month for devise, cellular access among others. This allows companies to record their employees’ investments in devices. In addition, it enhances their security measures within the enterprise. Furthermore, BYOD helps in improvement of employees’ engagement. This is because they can use devices, which they are well, versed with and know how to use. Finally yet importantly, it allows the companies to take advantage of newer technologies in the market. The resultant here is reduced cost and promotion of collaboration among people (Guerin 2013 pg87).
In relation to above merits many challenges arise which are of defense concerns. The first challenge is the ease loss of these devices. In relation, the relatively portability and small size of these devices and the information stored on them exposes them to higher risk of getting lost or get stolen. In addition, the weakness of passwords and opera...
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...nclusion therefore, it is clear that BYOD has many impacts and no single IS approach exists for ultimate protection against these threats. Therefore defense-in-depth and many IS strategies must be employed in an organization. Technology has sophisticated to the state that our lives spread over it. Thus, employers are required to familiarize and adjust traditional mandates and needs to minimize risks while BYOD trend accelerates. Although BYOD policy is important component of these strategies, the constant nature implies that there are still inherent weaknesses unless it adopts vibrant capabilities like self-learning. This helps keep up with the fast-changing security threats brought about by BYOD. Thus, setting up a BYDO program is not likely to be a one-time process for companies. Its dynamism and different features involved makes it very challenging for employees.
In this section we investigate attacks and threats to our primary devices. These attacks and threats are built off of the vulnerabilities the previous section and help to determine which security controls would be most valuable against future attacks.
They have asked us to build a backdoor to the iPhone.” [6]. Since the FBI vs Apple case, regarding the complexity of the encryption Apple uses for its devices, encryption backdoors have been a hot topic. Apple argues that having one defeats the purpose of the encryption, making it easier to access and exploit data [7(a)]. Having encryption and firewalls brings peace of mind but vigilance, constant upkeep, and caution on the users end are also required for network security.
[39] Kevin Johnson and Tony DeLaGrange. SANS Institute. SANS Survey on Mobility/BYOD Security Policies and Practices 2012 [Online] Available from: http://www.sans.org/reading-room/analysts-program/SANS-survey-mobility [Accessed 07 Dec 2013]
The “bring your own device” style is having many effects on enterprise operations. From enhancing employee productivity to reducing IT cost, once a business adopts a BYOD solution, it can find its operations completely transformed. Sheila Johnson said “Were seeing a change in the make up of PCs versus Macs that are not employee owned, but company owned. We are seeing a shift toward Macs. Sheila Johnson mentioned that some 40% of their employees, including a large portion of their contractors who work there at the headquarters are on Macs, and they’ve seen 11% quarter over the growth of that platform. She also stated how business needs to be ready to adopt whatever devices employees want to use, from IPhone to Chrome books. Second, the choice of device needs to be compatible with whatever the business is using as its desktop computer. By investing in remote access and HTML client solutions, businesses can avoid compatibility issues altogether and focus on providing employees with the rich mobile
This paper will walk through the difference between Company Issued Devices and Bring Your Own devices (BYOD) in the workplace, the top identified risks that companies need to be aware of and what should be a part of the companies mitigation plan before allowing employees to bring their own devices to work and use it to access the companies information.
Security helps the organization meet its business objectives or mission by protecting its physical and financial resources, reputation, legal position, employees, and other tangible and intangible assets through the selection and application of appropriate safeguards. Businesses should establish roles and responsibilities of all personnel and staff members. However, a Chief Information Officer should be appointed to direct an organization’s day to day management of information assets. Supporting roles are performed by the service providers and include systems operations, whose personnel design and operate the computer systems. Each team member must be held accountable in ensuring all of the rules and policies are being followed, as well as, understanding their roles, responsibilities and functions. Organizations information processing systems are vulnerable to many threats that can inflict various types of damage that can result in significant losses (Harris, 2014). Losses can come from actions from trusted employees that defraud the system, outside hackers, or from careless data entry. The major threat to information protection is error and omissions that data entry personnel, users, system operators and programmers make. To better protect business information resources, organizations should conduct a risk analysis to see what
There is constant concern about different kinds of devices and tools because of their vulnerability: laptops; personal computers in the home; libraries and public workstations; USB Flash Drives and email, to name a few. These items are easily accessible for those attempting to breach security.... ... middle of paper ... ...
...e vulnerable to hacking and crashes (Walker, Bieber, Richards and Buckley, 2006). Hence, the software of the technology should be designed in a complex manner so that hacking of personal data becomes complicated.
Mobile is the first order priority device for access because people are connecting with others, finding entertainment, and doing business—all with smart phones. The prices of mobile phones are never over $1,000 in today’s world. They are affordable and accessible. As the result of the changes the worldwide and national business environment has undergone, people own 1-2 cell phones on average. However, the mobile markets in US seems to have been saturated.
Technology continues to evolve exponentially. However these technological advancements continue to pose a threat to both individuals and information resources of companies and governments. There is therefore the need to protect one’s data and information due to the emerging threats and risks. Hacking is where third parties create a backdoor version of a hardware and software so as to manipulate or unlock hidden functionalities on a machine. Most of these hacks are open source and free soft wares. These hacks manipulate the firmware update option on many devices to run and install themselves. Many researchers have found out that breaking into a computer’s encrypted hard drive is very easy with the help of the right tools. A research by Princeton University revealed how low tech hackers access even the most well protected computers (Jordan Robertson 2008).
The benefits of BYOD may be great for companies, but there are also risks that surround
With the increasingly ubiquitous nature of mobile devices and online availability, including smartphones and tablets, there is also an understandable concern about the level of security that is afforded to such devices. This can be considered as increasingly important given the proliferation of policies such as BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) which are being used by diverse organizations as a way of lowering the cost of ownership for such devices while also leveraging the flexibility advantages that their utilization can bring. It is therefore an area of immense interest due to the changing and emerging nature of both the technology itself as well as the security concerns. Due to the sensitive and confidential information that would exist on such devices, it is imperative that security solutions and processes are implemented in order to protect and secure such content from the proliferation of threats and vulnerabilities which can affect mobile devices (Juniper Networks, n.d.). Mobile devices are being exposed to a record number of security threats, with potentially alarming statistics indicating a 400 percent increase in Android malware, for example, while Wi-Fi connections are also being increasingly targeted.
It has stated that though BYOD (Bring Your Own Devices) improves organizations productivity, effectiveness, and decrease of disbursements, but the misuse of it is what concerns them. While the article listed many disadvantages of BYOD usage, it also mentioned helpful advices and policies to prevent any future security breaches. According to Lannon and Schreiber (2016), “A good policy will take into account the concerns of both the company and its employees. There is no one-size-fits-all approach. What works best for a particular employer will depend on the employer’s business” (para. 9-10). The article concluded that using BYOD could be a beneficial if employers implemented limitation that could be adaptable for the
This paper is going to discuss wireless security from a broad view where I will go into why exactly wireless security is so important especially today as the ways in which we are communicating is changing dramatically. From there I will discuss the multiple wireless securities that are available to give a better understanding of the options given. Then I will go into why exactly not protecting your wireless can be so dangerous with some descriptions on the most dangerous wireless attacks out there today. Finally I will then discuss how we can better prepare for these types of attacks with a synopsis on several effective security methods that will help to ensure data is securely passed and kept hidden.
The integration of a variety of information systems into business operations is necessary for growth in the dynamic business environment. These information systems can be minimized and fixed into mobile devices such as smartphones. The use of smartphones can play an important role in supporting business processes and operations, developing strategies for competitive advantage and decision making. These smartphones allow employees to be linked to the office, its data and resources, without being in the office. The use of smartphones for business processes can make the business more efficient and effective. They make it easier for co-workers to communicate among themselves and facilitates better communication between the business and its employees, customers, suppliers and even other businesses, and makes it possible in real-time. For CPS Energy and Lloyd’s Construction, although they were doing well, they realised that they could do much better. They needed to find new ways to further cut costs and maximize profitability. They both decided that the best way to do that was through the introduction of smartphones in their business operation.