BYOD: Risks, Mitigation, and Implementation for Computer Security

This report examines the implications of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies within a company. The author, acting as a Chief Information Security Officer, addresses the lack of formal BYOD policies and the associated risks. The report outlines the potential dangers, including data leakage, lost devices, hacking, and malware vulnerabilities. It then presents mitigation strategies such as auditing the IT environment, setting security baselines, implementing acceptable use policies, educating users, and investing in mobile device management. The report also includes a marketing slide to promote the benefits of BYOD, emphasizing increased employee productivity and convenience. The report concludes with a list of relevant academic references supporting the discussed concepts and recommendations.

COMPUTER AND NETWORK
SECURITY
NAME OF STUDENT:
NAME OF UNIVERSITY:
AUTHOR NOTE:

AGENDA
The presentation discusses about the policy of
Bring your own Device. The scenario is that as a
chief information security officer it is noticed that
there is a large number of personal mobile devices
that are used by the company on the wifi network of
the company. When it is asked about the policy, it is
seen that there are no such policies in the company.
The presentation discusses about the Bring Your
Own Device. The presentation focuses on the risks
of BYOD and the mitigations of risk of BYOD and a
marketing slide that can be used in order to be
circulated in the office.

BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE(BYOD)
Using personal devices in the office or work
area
Connecting to the wifi of office with personal
devices
It can upgrade the productivity and morale of
employee

RISK OF BYOD
The risk of bring your own devices include the
following:
Data leakage
Lost devices
Hacking
Vulnerability to malware

MITIGATION OF RISKS
Audit of IT environment
Evaluation of specific devices
Set baseline security
Deploy acceptable use of policies and
procedures
Educate the users
Investment in management of mobile devices

MARKETING SLIDEBYOD is important for
any organization and it
will help the employees
to increase the
productivity and
convenience.
Increase the happiness
among the employees
Boost the productivity
of the employees.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
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of Educational Technology, 47(4), pp.592-600.
Lee Jr, J., Warkentin, M., Crossler, R.E. and Otondo, R.F.,
2017. Implications of monitoring mechanisms on bring
your own device adoption. Journal of Computer
Information Systems, 57(4), pp.309-318.
Steelman, Z.R., Lacity, M. and Sabherwal, R., 2016.
Charting Your Organization's Bring-Your-Own-Device
Voyage. MIS Quarterly Executive, 15(2).
Dhingra, M., 2016. Legal issues in secure implementation
of bring your own device (BYOD). Procedia Computer
Science, 78, pp.179-184.