BYOD
EXEC TECH: BYOD is Evolving for a Cyber-Conscious Age. Kimberly Hancher, former CIO at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, helped craft the White House BYOD policy in 2012. That document outlines a broad set of guidelines that agencies can use to establish the proper parameters for mobile access. Yet four years later, she said, there aren’t enough clear policies at federal agencies. “I don’t think most agencies are really undertaking the effort and due diligence to address BYOD policy,” she said. “They’re just sort of letting people do whatever they can get away with, and very few agencies have actually put formal policies in place.” Read the rest
[FCW.COM]
USERS: Don’t Mess with iOS 10 or Android Nougat Betas. There’s a lot of interest in the beta releases of iOS 10 and Android Nougat, and while most people are free to explore the new platforms, BYOD users should hold off from testing them. Find out more
[ZDNET.COM]
ENTERPRISE: The BYOD Evolution: Three Common Approaches. It has become a way of life for employees to bring personal devices to work, whether or not your organisation has a BYOD policy. Employees want the ability to use their own phones, tablets and laptops at work, without losing ownership or control of those devices. But this should raise some red flags for a company’s IT and security teams. The modern issues with BYOD have gone beyond just basic user-privacy issues, to the serious security and compliance matters that need to be addressed to ensure IT ecosystems are not vulnerable. Read more
[APPSTECHNEWS.COM]
INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Balancing Mobility with Security: What Government Can Do. The consumerization of IT is not only changing the way employees work, it’s changing their expectations of government IT. Employees look to their agencies to provide modern IT services, interfaces and capabilities — most of which have historically been the responsibility of IT departments. The trouble is that accommodating the mobility demands of today’s users presents a fundamental security challenge to IT teams used to retaining control of every system, app and network under their purview. How do IT teams balance the demands of flexible and secure mobility, accommodate users’ preferences and modernize their IT environments? Here are a few considerations. Read the rest
[GCN.COM]
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