employees are bringing their favourite devices into work. It may be good for

morale, but could your sensitive corporate data be at risk?

BYOD – the security risks

driven by employee choice, bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies are

changing the work environment

425 million smartphones

were bought in 2011companies permitting

BYOD

sales(millions)

60%companiespermitting

BYOD

smartphone PC

safe and secure?

1.3 million phones stolen each year

500 samples of Android malware

today, „thousands‟ more this year.

Google releases Bouncer to auto-

scan for malware in App Market.

over half of stolen laptops

already result in a data breach

have mobile devices contributed

to increased security incidents?

29%

no

71%

yes

security matters. you need to be aware of the risks.

laying down the house rules

while keeping the kids happy

$3,010 - $179,270potential cost of unauthorised

access to data held on lost or

stolen devices

half of companies allow any

employee device to access

corporate systems – frightening!

given the risk of data breach, many firms

lack a mobile device security policy

do you have a mobile security policy?

password enforcement

remote kill/wipe of devices

administrative “back-door” access

compliance with devices or original

software/hardware requirements

granular management of consumer

vs. business information and

applications

25%allow no

devices

24%allow only

compliant

devices

51%allow any

device

27%no

17%yes

but it‟s not

enforced

3%don‟t know

53%yes

pros and cons: is BYOD worth the hassle?

an iPass survey of 1,100 mobile workers

worldwide showed workers who use mobile

devices for both work and personal matters put

in 240 more hours than those who do not

Cisco‟s company-wide any device policy

has delivered productivity gains equal to

30 minutes per employee per day

many enterprises use Mobile Device

Management (MDM) software to set

and enforce a single security policy

across different types of devices.

do you use MDM software to

enforce security across devices?

$2-$10/device/month

MDM prices vary widely,

but expect to pay this much,

says Philippe Winthrop

Enterprise Mobility Forum

MD in May 2011

35%yes

6%don‟t know

25%no

and we have

no plans to

25%not yet,

but we‟re

evaluating /

piloting

30+minutes

Morgan Stanley, Forrester, Aberdeen

Group, IDC, Continental

Research, Websense, Dimension Data, Yankee

Group, Information Week Analytics, iPass, Cisco.