BYOD:

 Risks  and  
Opportunities  
Presented  by:  Olabode  Olaoke  
Compliance  Manager  –  Rack  Centre  
 Outline  
! History  of  computers  
! BYOD  Definition  
! Risk  &  Opportunity  Definition  
! BYOD  Trends  
! BYOD  Risks  and  Opportunities  
! Q&A  
 Some  History…  
50’s   70’s  

90’s   20XY  
 BYOD:Defined  
! BYOD  is  a  concept  that  allows  
employees  to  utilize  their  personally-­‐
owned  technology  devices  to  stay  
connected  to,  access  data  from,  or  
complete  tasks  for  their  
organizations  .    
-­‐  CIO  Council  Aug  2012  
BYOD…  Some  thoughts  
 Risks  &  Opportunities  
! Risk  –  Uncertainty  of  outcome…  
! When  negative  –  Threat  
! When  positive  –  Opportunity  

Embrace  

Resist  
 Trends  Before  BYOD  
! Standardization  
! Perimeterization  
! Ownership  
! Restrictions  
! Access  
Divergent  needs  of  IT  and  User  
community  
User  
IT  Needs  
Needs  

Flexibility  

Service  &  Support

 
Mobility  

Security  
Ownership  

Control  
Freedom  
 BYOD  Devices  

Storage  
Network   (including   PC’s  and  Macs  
cloud  services)  

Mobile   Applications   OS’  

Mobile  Network  Connection  

Nigeria  
An  evolution  unnoticed  
Source:  Trustwave  
 Mobile  Apps  
1,000,000+
50,000+ Apps
Apps

600,000+ Apps 190,000+ Apps

Others: ???
Some  Statistics…  

Source:  Trustwave  
 BYOD  Risks:  Individual  
Privacy  

Device/connectivity  Cost  

Service/Support  
BYOD  Opportunities:  Individual  

Productivity Access Excitement

Flexibility Availability
 Updates  an
Jail  broken  
Anti-­‐malwa
Application

BYOD  Risks:  Organizations   Authenti

OS  (jail  b
Applicati

Access   Confidentiality   Complexity  

Informa
Informa
Malware   Bandwidth  
• Updates  and  Patching   • Capacity  
• Jail  broken  apps?   Legal  and  Regulatory   • Licensing?   Applicati
• Anti-­‐malware?   • Addressing?   Legal  (so
• Applications?  
Content  
Breach  of  AUP   Data  storage   Compati
• Email?   • Device  
• Cloud  
• Network  
 BYOD  Opportunities:  
Organizations  

Productivity   Access   Excitement  

Lower  Overheads  
(device,  support,  
Flexibility   licensing,  internet   Innovation  
connectivity)  

Improved  
Human  Resource  
Collaboration   customer  
benefits  
satisfaction  
Cost  benefits  
Collaboration  Opportunities  
Increased  
online  data   Increased  Data  
interaction  and   accuracy  
data  access  

Data  availability  
via  cloud  
storage   Data  sharing  
Better  data  
services   oversight  
and  control  
of  data  flow  
Human  Resource  Benefits  
Increased  
employee  
Employee  led  
creativity  and  
learning  and  
resourcefulness  
development  

Talent  
attraction  
and  
employee  
retention  

Increased  employee  
motivation  
of  employees  would  choose  to  
work  from  home  over  pay  rise  
BYOD-­‐er’s  report  having    
What  are  the  REAL  Options?  
Reject?   Ignore?   Permit?  

Liberate   Champion?   Promote?  

Have  a  plan   Say  yes   Develop  capability  

Remember…  
Thank  
You