BYOD, as with technology comes with risks and opportunities. Many organisations are embracing it while others are rejecting it. What are the Risks and opportunities? Should you be adopting BYOD or not?

1. BYOD:
Risks
and
Opportunities
Presented
by:
Olabode
Olaoke
Compliance
Manager
–
Rack
Centre

2. Outline
! History
of
computers
! BYOD
Definition
! Risk
&
Opportunity
Definition
! BYOD
Trends
! BYOD
Risks
and
Opportunities
! Q&A

3. Some
History…
50’s
70’s
90’s
20XY

4. BYOD:Defined
! BYOD
is
a
concept
that
allows
employees
to
utilize
their
personally-­‐
owned
technology
devices
to
stay
connected
to,
access
data
from,
or
complete
tasks
for
their
organizations
.
-­‐
CIO
Council
Aug
2012

5. BYOD…
Some
thoughts

6. Risks
&
Opportunities
! Risk
–
Uncertainty
of
outcome…
! When
negative
–
Threat
! When
positive
–
Opportunity
Embrace
Resist

7. Trends
Before
BYOD
! Standardization
! Perimeterization
! Ownership
! Restrictions
! Access

8. Divergent
needs
of
IT
and
User
community
IT
Needs
User
Needs
Freedom
Ownership
Mobility
Flexibility
Control
Security
Service
&
Support

10. BYOD
Devices
Network
Storage
(including
cloud
services)
PC’s
and
Macs
Mobile
Applications
OS’

11. Mobile
Network
Connection
Nigeria

12. An
evolution
unnoticed

13. Source:
Trustwave

14. Mobile
Apps
1,000,000+
Apps
50,000+ Apps
600,000+ Apps 190,000+ Apps
Others: ???

15. Some
Statistics…
Source:
Trustwave

16. BYOD
Risks:
Individual
Privacy
Device/connectivity
Cost
Service/Support

17. BYOD
Opportunities:
Individual
Productivity Access Excitement
Flexibility Availability

18. BYOD
Risks:
Organizations
Access
Confidentiality
Complexity
Malware
• Updates
and
Patching
• Jail
broken
apps?
• Anti-­‐malware?
• Applications?
Legal
and
Regulatory
Bandwidth
• Capacity
• Licensing?
• Addressing?
Breach
of
AUP
• Email?
Data
storage
• Device
• Cloud
• Network
Authenti
OS
(jail
b
Applicati
Informa
Informa
Applicati
Legal
(so
Content
Compati
Updates
an
Jail
broken
Anti-­‐malwa
Application

19. BYOD
Opportunities:
Organizations
Productivity
Access
Excitement
Flexibility
Lower
Overheads
(device,
support,
licensing,
internet
connectivity)
Innovation
Collaboration
Human
Resource
benefits
Improved
customer
satisfaction

20. Cost
benefits

21. Collaboration
Opportunities
Better
data
oversight
and
control
of
data
flow
Data
availability
via
cloud
storage
services
Increased
online
data
interaction
and
data
access
Increased
Data
accuracy
Data
sharing

22. Human
Resource
Benefits
Increased
employee
motivation
Talent
attraction
and
employee
retention
Employee
led
learning
and
development
Increased
employee
creativity
and
resourcefulness

25. of
employees
would
choose
to
work
from
home
over
pay
rise

26. BYOD-­‐er’s
report
having

27. What
are
the
REAL
Options?
Reject?
Ignore?
Permit?
Promote?
Champion?
Liberate
Have
a
plan
Say
yes
Develop
capability

28. Remember…

29. Thank
You