{"id":2613,"date":"2015-12-04T14:33:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T22:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=2613"},"modified":"2015-12-04T14:33:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T22:33:45","slug":"dont-let-byod-open-the-door-to-cyber-criminals-at-your-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/dont-let-byod-open-the-door-to-cyber-criminals-at-your-small-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t let BYOD open the door to cyber criminals at your small business"},"content":{"rendered":"
Among the key issues identified by attendees at the recent UC Summit 2015 was the growing need for mobility.<\/a> Mobile devices, apps and cloud computing enable employees to boost productivity by accessing critical company information wherever they are – working remotely at a customer site, on the road or at home. Employees even can launch a web or video conference to confer with a colleague or customer from a mobile device, using a headset<\/a> to ensure audio clarity.<\/p>\n In support of mobility, more and more businesses large and small are allowing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) whereby employees can use preferred personal smartphones, tablets and laptops for work. A consumer security risks study<\/a> by international software security group Kaspersky Lab indicates that two-thirds (62 percent) of business owners and employees now use personal mobile devices for work.<\/p>\n However, steps to protect company data, which includes sensitive customer information, have not kept pace with the growing acceptance of BYOD, the Kaspersky study found. Among respondents, 92 percent say they keep sensitive corporate data on smartphones and tablets that they use for work and personal activities. Furthermore, although six in ten (60 percent) are concerned about the threat of surveillance and information theft via mobile devices, they do not actively protect themselves and rely on their employers to do so.<\/p>\n At the same time that employees are not taking necessary precautions to protect company data; employees aren\u2019t doing as much as they should. Kaspersky found that a third of employers and small business owners (32 percent) see no threat from their workforce using personal mobile devices for work. Small business owners are satisfied with the security tools offered by free solutions. Large companies are more concerned about employee losing a mobile devices, which could result in damage to the company.<\/p>\n