Data Security In A BYOD World TOSHIBA ARTICLE

By Peter Davey, Toshiba – Undoubtedly, the majority of your colleagues are carrying their personal mobile devices to the office these days. Suffice to say, these professionals are producing, storing and sending such important documents as RFPs, presentations and financial results on these devices. Without question, the BYOD (bring your own device) generation is here to stay.

Noted market research company, Gartner affirms this fact by predicting that in less than a handful of years (2020), 85 percent of all organizations will adopt BYOD in some way, shape or form. Aside from rank-and-file employees, such programs will encompass contractors.

Many CIOs and CISOs (chief information security officers) are putting in extra hours to insure and maintain the confidentially of such vital data as new product specs, investor presentations as well as the aforementioned RFPs.