How to avoid BYOD breaches?

1. How to avoid BYOD breaches?
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2. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
• Without a shadow of doubt, the concept of Bring
Your Own Device (BYOD) offers plenty of benefits to
both healthcare employees and employers
• To name a few, users are familiar and more
comfortable with their own devices which can
increase output
• There is also no time spent on training because the
devices are owned by the employees, and as a result
the hospitals are saved from incurring additional
expenditure

3. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
• Despite the foregoing benefits, security issues
continue to haunt the BYOD concept, something
which keeps hospitals from implementing it
• Personally owned devices can raise a number of
concerns with regards to HIPAA related security
protocols
• No matter who owns the device, in case of a data
breach, the hospital is going to be held responsible
• Such devices are least likely to have enterprise-level
security controls such as encryption and are also
vulnerable to viruses from personal apps, social
media forums, email, web browser, etc

4. Benefits of BYOD
• Use Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution
– An MDM solution enables the IT department of your
hospital to:
• Better control the devices attached to hospital
networks from a centralized location, irrespective of
the type of the device’s operating system or ownership
status
• Better monitor and control applications that are
installed on the devices, access the content that is
stored on the devices and control what information is
shared in and out of them
• Better monitor devices, including asset tracking,
reporting and geo-location

5. Benefits of BYOD
• Use high-level security
– MDM is the only aspect towards a multi-layered approach
for ensuring a secure and better managed BYOD strategy.
Some of the other elements include:
• Geo-fencing and contextual MDM provide an
innovative way to secure and lock down devices based
on location
• It is crucial for hospitals to upgrade their IT networks
with solutions which not only prevent threats but also
data loss
• Virtualization technologies support data-focused
security strategies by preventing sensitive data from
being stored on devices

6. Benefits of BYOD
• Periodically assess infrastructure capabilities and
costs
– A robust network is the one which incorporates both
wireless and cellular components, and can optimize
performance and control costs. Hospitals should look to:
• Use telecom expense management (TEM) solutions to
track carrier costs and data usage
• Control data usage costs by opting for unlimited plans
with wireless carriers whenever possible, as well as
encouraging Wi-Fi use when available
• Carefully evaluate and select wireless carriers to ensure
reliability and security for mobile devices

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