Bring Your Own Device

Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) is the use of employee-owned devices to access enterprise content or networks.It has been an increasingly popular approach. Employees bring their own iPADs etc. to work and following security procedures, they are able to access company systems using them. "As many IT departments struggle to keep up with yearly technology changes, company employees increasingly want to use their own devices to access corporate data. It's part of a growing trend dubbed Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), which encompasses similar Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT), Bring Your Own Phone (BYOP) and Bring Your Own PC (BYOPC) initiatives. All of them have evolved to empower workforces through the so-called 'consumerisation of IT'.As part of this consumerisation, BYOD encourages company employees to work on the device they choose - accessing corporate email on their iPhone 7 or using a Google Nexus 7 to view text documents. The goal for SMBs? Increased productivity and reduced costs. But BYOD also has a darker side. If not fully understood and regulated, it can threaten IT security and put a company's sensitive business systems at risk."

Question: Define Bring your Own Device. Using a case study, give some examples. What are the benefits? Why are IT departments adopting BYOD policies? What are the alternative approaches to BYOD? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Describe a BYOD policy and explain how you would implement it. IS BYOD suitable for all companies? In what situations might you recommend it?