BYOD

Bring your own device, this already happens in my house and car and is extremely popular with my grandkids and their IPhone or Android (anything with the right Gs) carrying, social media using, pals and generation in general. I figure it happens at school to because with the latest greatest technologies you don’t need to be attached to your work or school wireless to get online, just BYOD. Cyber hackers like people who BYOD because their work data can be vulnerable and more easily compromised when other devices (from home) are used in the workplace. There are defenses against this like filters and internet use policies but I wonder how effective measures like these really are. No matter how clearly laid out these policies are and regardless of the fact that you check the accept box (and without reading what you are accepting) people have found ways to get around and surf, check email, or post how boring your day is on Face Book and they often do from the workplace and everywhere else.

This goes to another level when you think about the NSA and its data collection capabilities. We've all heard that nothing in cyberspace is really ever private or secure and that goes for what is said on cell phones too. Surprise! It’s true. There isn't much that is private in this world anymore and the best person to protect your own data or privacy and your employer’s data is you. Something to consider when you BYOD.