When surveying attitudes towards technology trends, 28 percent of VSBs agreed that BYOD introduces an increased IT security risk to their business. But large businesses and enterprises had a response rate that was nearly twice the VSB response, with 52 percent and 48 percent respectively agreeing about the risks presented by BYOD.Is it possible that VSBs are overlooking employee-owned mobile devices as a security risk?

This seems like a particularly troubling possibility, given that VSBs and their limited budgets are most likely to view employee-owned devices as a cost-savings measure and gladly welcome these devices onto their networks. Common threats from employee-owned mobile devices include malware or rouge applications connecting to the company’s network via the employee’s device, or company data disappearing along with a lost or stolen employee device.

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