Defining “bring your own device”
BYOD is a corporate policy that empowers employees to be more mobile — to make the world an office. Put simply, BYOD encourages employees to use their personal devices (smartphones, tablets, laptops and wearables) to access enterprise data from anywhere. BYOD policies can range from free-for-all to restrictive:
- Users are given unlimited access.
- Access is granted for only non-sensitive systems and data.
- IT is allowed control over some aspects of the personal device, such as apps and data.
- A corporate persona (that is, a container) is used to restrict storage of data on the personal device.
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