Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) has completely revolutionized the way that employees are conducting business and can save organizations money. It was found that a BYOD campaign can save an organization up to $1,300 per user per year. It is providing flexibility to employees by allowing them to work on a device that they’re familiar with in order to make them more productive. But, organizations should think about the data security.  Remote Wipe is a BYOD service element that should be implemented for every worst-case scenario involving your employee’s device. David Spire (a valued contributor to Business 2 Community), writes in his article about three BYOD scenarios that require Remote Wipe. Read more at: http://www.business2community.com/tech-gadgets/three-byod-scenarios-that-require-remote-wipe-01381297#Bky7jIHg3LAGRS1M.97

It is the age of bring-your-own-device or BYOD, where employees use their personal smartphones, tablets and laptops for work in conjunction with company issued kit. The business is progressive when it supports BYOD use. Supporting BYOD requires different skills. The author writes in this article about the five skills necessary for IT departments that support BYOD. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/voip-news/five-skills-it-needs-for-successful-byod-support-70167

BYOD or Bring your own device is a happening thing in today’s business world. “BYOD user behavior is potentially IT’s largest risk factor,” says Trent Fierro, director of product marketing for  HP networking company, Aruba Networks. It is changing the enterprise security landscape. Here are four ways that BYOD is pushing security in new directions. They are - Data Security is Everyone’s Concern, Perimeter Security is Dead, More Data Protection and Less Device Lockdown, and Greater Policy Flexibility. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/voip-news/four-changes-in-enterprise-security-after-byod-70099

Wearable technology, the big trend in mobile devices has arrived. This is a positive development, but, businesses are looking at the surge in wearable as a potential problem. People are buying wearable products and taking them to offices which is creating security problems in offices. Organizations are faced with some tough decisions, such as banning personal devices completely, or regulating which devices could be used, or simply embracing BYOD by setting up a security policy. Read more at:  http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/byod-cloud/byod-helping-companies-prepare-for-wearable-security-69753

BYOD (bring your own device) refers to the policy of allowing employees to bring personally owned devices to workplace and access the company's information and application on it. This practice has made major inroads as it helps save cost and ensure productivity gains especially with the variety of devices like tables, smartphone, tabs, laptops etc. at the disposal of the employee. However, BYOD is fraught with security concerns. Such security breaches can outweigh the gains one expects from it. Keith Poyester in an article elaborates on the challenges with BYOD policy and suggests 8 best practices for BYOD security. To know more follow the link http://www.itproportal.com/2015/06/28/great-debate-to-byod-or-not-to-byod/