If you’re a business and you don’t have a mobility security strategy in place, you’re asking for trouble. But don’t worry, you’re not alone. According to a study [Warning: PDF] conducted by CDW Canada which is a large computer reseller, a concerning 58 per cent of Canadian organizations do not yet have a Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD), Choose-Your-Own-Device (CYOD) or Mobility-Device-Management (MDM) policy in place.
Here’s why this is important:
“With the increased use of employee-owned mobile devices in Canadian organizations, it is imperative that the IT environment is effectively secured and protected from cybercrime and malware threats,” says Daniel Reio, Director of Marketing for CDW Canada. “Firms are looking to strike a careful balance between managing a more mobile and collaborative workforce while ensuring IT departments can proactively protect sensitive company assets and information.”
Clearly Canadian businesses need to step up their security game to avoid being the next company that suffers some sort of data breach.
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CDW Canada survey Canadian Lax When It Comes To Mobility Security
If you’re a business and you don’t have a mobility security strategy in place, you’re asking for trouble. But don’t worry, you’re not alone. According to a study [Warning: PDF] conducted by CDW Canada which is a large computer reseller, a concerning 58 per cent of Canadian organizations do not yet have a Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD), Choose-Your-Own-Device (CYOD) or Mobility-Device-Management (MDM) policy in place.
Here’s why this is important:
“With the increased use of employee-owned mobile devices in Canadian organizations, it is imperative that the IT environment is effectively secured and protected from cybercrime and malware threats,” says Daniel Reio, Director of Marketing for CDW Canada. “Firms are looking to strike a careful balance between managing a more mobile and collaborative workforce while ensuring IT departments can proactively protect sensitive company assets and information.”
Clearly Canadian businesses need to step up their security game to avoid being the next company that suffers some sort of data breach.
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