Bring Your Own Device: personal hardware at the workplace
Wade HarshmanScrum Master| GDITIndianapolis, In, United States
What are your experiences with "BYOD" at work?
Are any of you expected to provide your own devices (consulting PMs, for example)? Conversely, are any of you barred from using private devices for security reasons? How does your organization balance security and accessibility?
What advantages and disadvantages have you noticed? Does BYOD give you the time and administrative flexibility you need to manage your projects effectively? Or does it create a toxic "always on" culture that you can't escape? Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
When BYOD was started we tried to implement it in my current work place as a key component inside our agile to gain into agility implementation. We tried but the legal implicance were hugh. So, we decide to quit it. Instead of that from one year ago we are trying to turn it in the framework of we called "digital fitness strategy".
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1 reply by Mayte Mata Sivera
Jul 24, 2019 5:45 PM
Mayte Mata Sivera
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Sergio, can you develop a little the new strategy?
Boundaries and breaking them will happen whether you have a separate corporate provided smartphone or use a BYOD approach. For most enterprises, BYOD will involve a compartmentalization to ensure your data and the company's data remain distinct.
In my most recent full-time role, the company subsidized a portion of your monthly smartphone costs and provided the compartmentalized application and support. They left it to the people managers to ensure their staff were not over working because of this access.
In the role I held before that in a government agency, they had no BYOD option, but VPN access via your office or personal PC was governed by the CIO! That was done to ensure there was a legitimate reason for such access AND to ensure that you received a lecture about finding a healthy work/life balance.
When BYOD was started we tried to implement it in my current work place as a key component inside our agile to gain into agility implementation. We tried but the legal implicance were hugh. So, we decide to quit it. Instead of that from one year ago we are trying to turn it in the framework of we called "digital fitness strategy".
Sergio, can you develop a little the new strategy?
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1 reply by Sergio Luis Conte
Jul 25, 2019 5:36 AM
Sergio Luis Conte
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Yes Marta. Our new strategy is called "digital fitness". To be honest, I was one of the person highly envolved and whose pushed BYOD. As I mentioned BYOD was a new strategy at those time and it was one of our pillars for agility. But when we searched about the impacts mainly related to some locations it was crazy, mainly in the legal domain. For example, who much the organization can be intrusive inside the personal device trying to avoid security issues?. Or, in the other side, how organization will keep sencible information inside devices of level 1 managers secure? So, our "digital fitness" strategy is an hybrid. If you ask me, there is no way to stop people to use they personal devices and it has no sense. But that is my personal opinion. In the corporative/companies world I fully understand there are some topics that must be keep secure. No matter that, as I am living today, people is working in a highly transparent organization.
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Anonymous
(I'll post this anonymously for basic security reasons :-)
We are prohibited from using personal devices for business use due to information security issues. This even includes USB thumb drives, charging your cell phone by attaching it to your computer, and installing any non-standard software. Instead we have company issued devices, which you can connect remotely, through multiple layers of security.
The closest I can come to using my personal equipment, like using my nice PC in my home office, is sending myself files through the secured network. It's an expensive way to do business, but it is sometimes apparently necessary. Saving Changes...
BYOD is not allowed for security reason in our Group. Our own laptops or smart phones can not directly connect the intranet, but can connect internet through wifi. As I know the reason is for IT security, as personal device won't be in same IT security strategy, for example your device may be using different firewall software. And it's impossible to scan your device, as scan a USB flash disk for security. Saving Changes...
This is really complicated area and both sides has merits and demerits and as Kiron said those who wants to penetrate the system they will find their way, having more security and restriction would impact productivity, it all depends on organization culture, trust and authorized access. Saving Changes...
Hi, Employers save on the money they would have to spend money on the purchase of devices for the workers, on the maintenance of these devices, on data plans (for voice and data services) and other things. BOYD makes (most) workers are happier and more satisfied. They are using what they like – and have chosen to purchase. Not having to cope with the budget-oriented and often dull devices offered by the company is a relief.
But in other hand ,Privacy of the company’s high-valued data can be threatened and Privacy is made more vulnerable with it, both for the company and the worker. Except this ,The devices brought by workers are likely to face incompatibility issues. The reasons for this are numerous: version mismatch, conflicting platforms, wrong configurations, inadequate access rights, incompatible hardware etc.
In my case, we have moved on Cloud . we use various protection services and options which are available on cloud ( e.g AIP , IRM etc.) to stop of misuse of information and software licences and protect the our data .
I am the person who implements and manages all these in my company as per requirement of different departments. Saving Changes...
RAJESH K LProject Manager, PMP| Bharat Electronics, Bengaluru, IndiaBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Usage of BYOD specially in Govt enterprises is a big NO Saving Changes...
There is a lot of upsides to the Bring Your Own Device Policy that many workplaces have being implemented. It can reduce the amount of devices that a person needs to carry especially for on call engineers and people on around the clock shifts cycle. Also a organisation wide policies for access can be implemented on these devices remotely without needing for IT to set it up. The always on culture exists whether Bring Your Own Devices policy is in existence or not. As most information and applications are stored on the cloud there is no need to standardise the type, make and model of the devices so users can choice a device that suits them best. Also it make appropriation of IT hardware and software less political with IT companies vying for exclusivity rights to be official IT supplier for certain multinational corporations. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Jul 24, 2019 5:45 PM
Replying to Mayte Mata Sivera
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Sergio, can you develop a little the new strategy?
Yes Marta. Our new strategy is called "digital fitness". To be honest, I was one of the person highly envolved and whose pushed BYOD. As I mentioned BYOD was a new strategy at those time and it was one of our pillars for agility. But when we searched about the impacts mainly related to some locations it was crazy, mainly in the legal domain. For example, who much the organization can be intrusive inside the personal device trying to avoid security issues?. Or, in the other side, how organization will keep sencible information inside devices of level 1 managers secure? So, our "digital fitness" strategy is an hybrid. If you ask me, there is no way to stop people to use they personal devices and it has no sense. But that is my personal opinion. In the corporative/companies world I fully understand there are some topics that must be keep secure. No matter that, as I am living today, people is working in a highly transparent organization.
