6 SPRING 2022 TechJury shared these Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) statistics in March 2022: • 67% of employees use personal devices at work. • A BYOD-carrying employee works an extra two hours daily. • 87% of businesses are dependent on their employee’s ability to access mobile business apps from their smartphone. • 69% of IT decision-makers in the U.S. say BYOD is a good thing. Good for Employees and Employers BYOD is popular with employees since many people prefer to work with their own laptops, tablets, and smartphones. It can be more comfortable to stick with what you already know, and BYOD provides more flexibility to easily move between work locations— office, home, coffee shop, or on the road. It can also be beneficial to employers. They can save money by not having to buy devices for each employee and pay for device upgrades. Even in cases where companies issue a BYOD stipend, the stipend cost is often far less than the cost of purchasing and managing machines for all employees. What’s more, BYOD can help to boost employee satisfaction and retention. Security is a Concern The biggest challenge with BYOD is security, since the use of personal devices by remote workers to access business-critical applications and assets can hurt a company’s security posture. With company-issued devices, companies can mandate updates, patches, and configuration settings. However, when employees use personal devices for work, companies often have less control over those devices and how they’re used, configured, and secured. Employees could be using applications with known vulnerabilities, storing sensitive information on a device that doesn’t lock, or failing to encrypt stored data. If your company has employees using a variety of personal devices, there are ways to provide security both in terms of delivering information and securing the devices themselves. If you don’t have the in-house resources to understand and manage the deployment issues associated with BYOD, it’s a good idea to seek the advice of IT professionals. They can help you develop BYOD management measures to enforce a strong security posture on both companyissued and personal devices. Panora Telco and Guthrie Center Communications offer computer and IT security services. To learn more, visit www.panoratelco.com or www.guthriecentercom.com. With remote work gaining momentum since the pandemic-induced shift in 2020, more companies are allowing their employees to use personally owned devices to access work-related networks, systems, files, and applications. BYOD is Becoming a Workplace Norm Bring Your Own Device offers benefits but also presents challenges Source: https://techjury.net/blog/byod-stats/#gref
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