BYOD: Current state and security challenges

Abstract

Recently, BYOD or Bring Your own Device has become one of the most popular models for enterprises to provide mobility and flexibility in workplaces. The emergence of new technologies and features of mobile devices makes them integral parts of every aspect of daily business activities. Also, mobile networks are now well integrated with the Internet (e.g. 3G, 4G and LTE technologies), therefore, in BYOD, the personal devices (i.e. mobile devices) can be used to increase employees' satisfaction and reduce an organization's device costs. Mobile devices are not well protected compared to computer and computer networks and users pay less attention to security updates and solutions. As a result, mobile security has become a crucial issue in BYOD as employees use their own mobile devices to access an organization's data and systems. Therefore, in this paper we present an overview of the current state of BYOD security and we discuss some future challenges in this area.