Technology ownership has skyrocketed in recent years. Things like cellphones, which were seen as a luxury just a decade ago, are an absolute necessity in the modern world. More than 90 percent of Americans currently own a cellphone, showing just how integral these handy little devices are to operating in society today.
This massive boom in technology usage has brought about many changes. However, among the most interesting among them has to be the bring-your-own-device trend that is sweeping the business world. Basically, BYOD utilizes the devices employees already own for business applications.
Employees get to use hardware they're used to for work purposes, while employers get the benefit of not having to purchase new equipment. It seems like a win-win, and it's why a Tech Pro Research survey found that 74 percent of respondents said their companies were either already using BYOD or planned on implementing it soon.
But there is a dark side to BYOD networks that needs to be addressed if this is to be a good solution to company hardware woes.
"The BYOD market is going to reach $266.17 billion by 2019."
Security concerns are stopping a lot of BYOD development
Even though MarketsandMarkets predicted that the BYOD market is going to reach $266.17 billion by 2019, this trend has a lot of business administrators worried. The Tech Pro Research survey also found that 78 percent of those companies not adopting BYOD policies were holding back due to security concerns.
Unlike other communication models like secure faxing, storing and sending sensitive company data with BYOD devices is extremely risky. The biggest concern comes from the fact that people are generally really bad at utilizing cybersecurity best practices at home. There are a lot of scams that play off of this lax personal security, like phishing schemes, and they could leave your business open to attack.
Say you've got a BYOD policy at your company and there's an employee with a lot of payroll information on his personal laptop. All it takes is this employee clicking a bad link in a seemingly innocent email and all of the information contained on his laptop is ripe for the taking. Your business may have the best cybersecurity system in the world, but if this employee doesn't utilize it on his own computer it's all been for nothing.
Fax over IP can help
The security risks of a BYOD policy can be significantly decreased by implementing a FoIP system when sending documents. The cybersecurity benefits of secure faxing have been known for quite some time. However, FoIP can bring this security to a BYOD environment. FaxCore's FoIP solution can very easily allow employees to use something like a smartphone to send documents safely over a secure email to fax system.
FoIP is especially advantageous for BYOD institutions with compliance standards to meet. Faxing is a great way to comply with these guidelines, and FoIP is a good way to bring these benefits to a BYOD implemented environment.
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