Freedom Of Choice In Workplace Technology

There is a growing technology trend in workplaces both large and small called 'Bring Your Own Device' (BYOD), sometimes abbreviated as BYOD. Bring Your Own Device simply means that organizational IT departments are allowing individual employees to use their personal or preferred devices (smartphones, tablets, laptops) to access the corporate systems and tools they need to accomplish their work.

[Link to source: http://steveboese.squarespace.com/journal/2011/4/21/freedom-of-choice-in-workplace-technology.html]

Greetings,
This had first rolled with the organization gifting Ipods and laptops as reward. The seed to promote personally owned gadget started right then. VPN connectivity was a step towards this integration in the other direction. It effectively registered a greater degree of reliance towards the usage of the gadget for official work.
Initially every organization with inclination, to the data security, remained blasé towards it. As the cost increased, it was seen as a better solution than paying the depreciation. It worked wonders as shared in the article with the sectors that required, a higher degree of personalization with the gadgets.
I still doubt, if this will work in Banks or other data sensitive sectors.
Regards,
(Cite Contribution)

Yeah, I hope it will be economical and cost-effective in both indirect costs and asset costs.

However, when it comes to sensitive sectors like defense, banks, insurance, and areas where security and financial involvement are significant, it is not advisable to instruct or encourage the use of employees' own gadgets. This could lead to sabotage, with greedy employees potentially using their personal devices for misappropriation.

In situations where there is no financial or security concern, employees can utilize their own gadgets. Even in these cases, management must establish rules and regulations for the use of personal devices by employees. Only then can the misuse of power be effectively addressed.

Dear All,

As rightly said by (Cite Contribution), the advent of VPN has revolutionized the IT systems in the corporate world, making the loop closer with better control mechanisms. Sectors with higher data sensitivity have evolved multi-layer data accessibility and security/backup systems to adapt to the challenges of "BYOD".

I would request our members to brainstorm on the last words in the article by the author - "I wonder if the next trend might be BYOHRT, Bring your own HR Technology? What might that look like?" How will the corporate world take this... in what form?