Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is the solution that is adopted by most of the organizations these days
. This solution helps the employees to become more productive even at the go. According to a Forrester Research Survey, 60% of organizations are using the BYOD solutions in which they are allowing their employees to bring their personal devices for corporate work. Below is the list of certain challenges along with their solutions that company may face while implementing the BYOD:
Challenge 1:
The first and the foremost challenge of BYOD is that mobile devices owned by the employees are vulnerable to loss and theft. The mobile devices are used by the employees for the corporate work and also contain the confidential data so losing it is the dangerous thing. The solution to this challenge is that protect the device with password. The device should have the auto lock feature as well. Special app should be installed in the device that automatically triggers an alarm to help you find your mobile device if it is lost or stolen. Frequently backup of the data stored in their mobile devices should be taken so that there is no loss of the data.
Challenge 2:
Mobile devices are prone to malware and viruses due to which the corporate data can be affected and the corporate network is damaged. IT team continuously cannot monitor these devices as it takes lot of time. For these challenges organization should set the policies within which the employees have to work. Special security controls should be put on the mobile devices that if employees try to access the unauthorized app the notification is sent to the manager. The organization can put the restriction on the websites which they dont want employee to access. Due to the BYOD solution the organization need to implement the MDM solutions that can help to control the mobile devices at workplace.
Challenge 3:
Security is another challenge while implementing the BYOD solutions. Sometimes the employees use their mobile phones for their personal work at office hours due to which their productivity is hampered. They might share the corporate data with other people. For this the IT team needs to put control on the mobile devices by enforcing the certain policies. MDM solution should be implemented that auto wipe the data if the device is lost or stolen and even when the employee leaves the organization.