SecureData commissioned a survey by Vanson Bourne Omnibus, asking 100 IT managers (in large UK enterprises of more than 1,000 employees) of financial services, manufacturing, retail, distribution/transport and commercial companies about the security risks of ?Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) schemes.?
The findings appear to reveal that there is a significant level of fear about smartphones and tablets in the enterprise.
Here?s one of several interesting graphs from the report:
Here are some key stats from the survey:
- The survey revealed that 25 percent of organisations do not have a policy in place for employees to work remotely via their own personal mobile devices (such as a smartphone or a tablet device) and don?t think it is a priority at the moment.
- A further 41 percent don?t currently have a policy in place for employees to work remotely via their
own personal devices, but have said that it is on their agenda to implement. - A massive 96 percent of those surveyed selected security risk as one of the top four most important considerations when implementing a policy for employees to work remotely via their own personal mobile device.
- A total of 49 percent selected security risk as the top concern overall.
- After security, compliance is the second most important consideration, with 70 percent of respondents ranking it in their top four concerns and 26 percent ranking it the second most important consideration.
- In total, 69 percent of those surveyed use smartphones and tablet devices not supplied by the company to work remotely at home or whilst on the move (44 percent smartphones and 25 percent tablet devices).
- A huge 92 percent of employees in the financial sector use their own laptops to work remotely at home or whilst on the move.
- In total, 37 percent of respondents allow their children (or other members of their household) to use their work device e.g. laptop, smartphone and tablet device.
- In total 43 percent of respondents state that security concerns would be the main reason for them not allowing children or other household members using their work devices.
There is a great deal more analysis (and as mentioned, more graphs) in the report. You can read it in its entirety here (pdf).
Should businesses be worried about employees using their personal smartphones and/or tablets for corporate business? Tell us what you think.
Chris Crum has been a part of the WebProNews team and the iEntry Network of B2B Publications since 2003. Follow WebProNews on Facebook or Twitter. Twitter: @CCrum237 StumbleUpon: Crum Google: +Chris Crum
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