By USDR
Offering employees the opportunity to use their personal devices for work benefits employers and employees alike. For employers, it means the company doesn’t have to shoulder the cost of buying and maintaining smartphones. For employees, it means they don’t have to deal with handling two devices. But establishing a policy of “bring your own device,” or BYOD, isn’t as easy as it sounds. Personal data needs to be separated from work data, employees have to be mindful of keeping work information on their phones, and IT has to be able to get into the device to wipe data at will. So how does a company get this all done?
The first step is to create a BYOD policy that lays out the rules. This eliminates uncertainties, gives a clearly defined explanation of what is and what isn’t acceptable for employees to do, and reduces the risk of information getting out into the wild. On the flip side, the company points out that it won’t touch personal data as long as the information is purely private. The IT department can also look into installing software that creates a second account on the employee’s phone to separate work and personal data. It’s easy to do on phones like the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, which has hardware that can handle the switch back and forth.
BYOD policies can benefit everyone in the organization by reducing device costs and inconvenience. Read on to learn more about what a BYOD policy is and how to effectively implement one.
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