Mumbai: In a bid to bring maximum flexibility and freedom in the organization, employers are now allowing their employees, especially sales and marketing executives to utilize their personal devices for official work. Thus, the concept of Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) in becoming popular among the enterprises.
However, while organizations are adopting flexible work environment, they are concerned about the security risk associated with BYOD. Here Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution provider partners come in a big way who can not only manage the complete MDM but also can assist enterprises frame their BYOD policies.
A new Survey from Trustlook, which is focused on bringing your own device (BYOD), reveals that seven in 10 employees use a personal device for work, while only 39 percent of companies have a formal BYOD policy. Eight in 10 companies do not provide their employees with a mobile device to work, leading employees use their personal devices for work-related tasks, the survey noted.
According to the survey, more than half of respondents have never received instructions for using a personal device at work, and more than three-quarters are not familiar with their employer’s mobile-device management (MDM) software. Also, only 14 percent of employers have a preferred mobile security app for their employees to use. The survey noted that many companies still don’t use MDM because of cost or complexity issues.
According to the survey, nearly half of employees are concerned with exposing private company information while using a personal device at work. This fear, along with the lack of a formal BYOD policy at many organizations, can pose a security risk.
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MDM and EMM are the ways to ensure employees stay productive and do not breach corporate security policies. Organizations can more easily use Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) tools to lock down functions like using the camera and taking screenshots to make it more difficult to remove corporate data from devices, no matter whether it’s owned by the company or the individual.
Partners can capitalize on the ongoing BYOD trend through point sales and ongoing managed services related to EMM and MDM. On the top of that they can also assist their customers develop policies. Partners can also play a consultancy or advisory role in helping Canadian businesses make the leap to BYOD and other EMM or MDM initiatives.
With proper training and certifications, partners can implement EMM and MDM solutions that enable control over corporate- and employee-owned devices while also maintaining a high level of security. ISV partners can also provide specific software solutions to help enterprises manage the highest level of security. With enterprises are opening up for BYOD and the security threats on computing devices, especially mobile devices are surging rapidly, MDM and EMM are are expected to emerge has a healthy growth prospect for channel partners in India.