Papers. Three BYOD policies for keeping workers (and IT) happy. Here are three alternatives to preempting disaster through reams of policy documents and forcing users to install piles of corporate "managementware" on their personal devices.
Policy 1: Follow the Golden Rule While it sounds a bit snarky and evokes Google's oft-ridiculed "do no evil" mantra, too many companies fail to follow the Golden Rule-to treat others as they'd like to be treated in return-when it comes to BYOD. These are generally the companies with policy declarations that rival the government tax code and contain more "Thou shalt nots" than even the most repressive religionists or moral tomes. IT treats employees as children, and more often than not those employees do childish things to skirt policy, or willfully ignore policies out of sheer disgust. Creating a Successful BYOD Policy - Infographic. 10 steps for writing a secure BYOD policy. The following is a guest post from Bill Ho, president of Biscom.
By Bill Ho Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, is a topic that is not going away – smartphones and tablets are being adopted at such a high rate that companies are almost compelled to support them. When a CEO, managing partner, or principal of a firm wants to use his or her device, IT sometimes has no choice but to support it and find ways to secure it. BYOD is a net positive for organizations as it promotes more responsiveness, more accessibility for workers, and higher worker satisfaction with being able to work on their schedule.