After a critical analysis of the advantages and disadvantages, my recommendations to the BYOD issues are the following:
I do not agree with the using of BYOD in a workforce. The risk that BYOD may cause …show more content…
Lastly, the most significant part is an ex-employee threat. When an employee quits, she or he will leave the company with a massive amount of date that the company has no control of. Also, an ex-employee may intentionally or unintentionally leak his or her ex-employer data to the company’s competitor. Like we can tell, security plays a big issue when it comes to BYOD.
Even if a company has the best BYOD policy in place, I don’t think that it will help them. Companies should invest in their own electronic devices. Those electronic devices can be offered to the employees who work remotely. Any electronic devices that will be using in the company should belong to the company. Those devices should be monitored or tracked all the times and have all the security control in place. Employees should not be allowed to use their own devices to download their companies’ data or to do their companies’ works. Also, companies’ network should be secured using WPA2 security with AES encryption. This is the most secure option. Also, companies may use a network protocol analyzer which is a tool such as software or hardware used to capture and analyze signals and data traffics over a communication channel. One best tool that companies may use is Wireshark. It will help the network administrator to monitor every activity that is being performed on the company’s