The concept of BYOD (Bring
Your Own Device) has fuelled the usage of mobile devices, cloud storage
repositories, various kinds of data types, and, obviously, data breaches by the
malicious employees within the enterprises. According to the recent survey, the
number of cases in which mobile devices are the means of stealing the data is
almost double compared to that of the last year.
While there are tons of
articles and posts are being written about the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and
mobile security, you will find a very rare of them actually focusing on the
reality of the security threats growing with each passing day. Moreover, there
has been a lot of talk about the enterprise mobility security or threats. But
is it really a truth or just big hype created by the users and experts? In this
blog post, we’ll try to find out the truth and we will see how it is growing
with each passing day.
Well, in reality based on
the network, the threats can be divided into either by the external vector or
the internal vector. The external vector is usually the hackers or cyber crooks
who come straight away from the overseas in order to penetrate the network.
Most of them continue to come through the traditional avenues and not
necessarily from the concept of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device).
However, enterprise
mobility policies have increased the risk of internal threats to the
enterprises leveraging from the concept of BYOD. Most probably any malicious
employee within an enterprise is a big threat to the security as they have
multiple ways of connecting to the network and move the information around.
So, the security threat,
in terms of the internal vector, is already present and big enough to make or
break the enterprise mobility. Moreover, the businesses have seen a great rise
in the BYOD data breaches, specifically in the forensics are around employment
matters. There are many cases where employees within the organizations have
stolen the information or intellectual properties of the enterprise. In such
scenarios, the concept of BYOD comes straight into the scrutiny. Instead of
just looking at the server, email or the computer, now the enterprises have to
consider the smartphone devices, iCloud or Dropbox account, or Gmail for the
security breach.
Have you noticed any kind
of security breach through the concept of BYOD?
One of the most common
ways BYOD policies may cause data security and breaches is due to the
cross-pollination of passwords. Most of the time employee uses the same
password as they use in their home systems or devices. They are mostly logging
from the home into the corporate network through the similar username and
password. However, chances of a security breach due this are very less.
Do you think the concept
of BYOD will be affected by the downfall?
If organizations turn a
blind eye towards mobile devices, they are going to penetrate the workplace anyway.
You are unable to control each and every action. But you should be futuristic
for using the concept of enterprise mobility in your organization to overcome
the rising security threats...!
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