Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) stories - Page 10
One of the more obvious acronyms you’ll encounter in the information technology, BYOD is exactly what it appears to be: your own devices used at home, but brought into the office and used for work. BYOD is a big deal in the technology space because it requires careful management, with issues including keeping personal information and apps separate from professional ones, securing company data, and establishing how support is provided. With the proliferation of smartphones, tablets and personally-owned laptops and other devices, BYOD is a practical reality for almost every organisation today.

Westcon-Comstor first local distie for Bitglass
Mon, 25th Jun 2018
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Bitglass partners with Westcon-Comstor as their first New Zealand distributor, boosting expansion in Asia Pacific and strengthening cloud security solutions.

How offering IT ‘self-service’ can help create a more attractive workplace
Fri, 22nd Jun 2018
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How technology is offered in the workplace can have an instrumental impact on how an organisation is perceived and whether people will want to stay.

Unisys extends cyber protection to IoT and connected devices
Wed, 18th Apr 2018
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Unisys has moved to include Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other internet connected equipment in the new version of its Unisys Stealth.

57% of enterprises suspect their mobile workers have been hacked
Wed, 28th Mar 2018
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iPass has released the results of a survey that sought to determine how companies are dealing with the trade-off between security and mobile workers.

Is there an answer for soaring numbers of cyberbullying cases?
Fri, 16th Mar 2018
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smart home
In the wake of the mass digitisation taking homes by storm, cyberbullying and online harassment has accelerated 60 percent with no signs of slowing.

Why a secure perimeter is no longer enough protection for your IT infrastructure
Mon, 12th Mar 2018
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personal computing devices
Digital identity is used as the key method of protecting digital assets regardless of their location or how they are being accessed.

How your smart home gadgets are putting you at risk – and what you can do about it
Mon, 5th Mar 2018
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smart home
You wouldn’t openly leave your front door and your wallet open for burglars, so why would you leave your entire home unsecured from cyber threats?.

Achieving better security for BYOD workplaces
Fri, 2nd Mar 2018
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personal computing devices
The rise of BYOD lets employees work from anywhere on personal devices but challenges IT to secure diverse endpoints, pushing for data-centric solutions.

25% of firms fail to implement multi-factor authentication for BYOD
Fri, 16th Feb 2018
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25% of respondents at the Gartner Symposium lacked some form of multi-factor authentication when securing BYOD.

Struggling with IoT or BYOD? Here’s how to overcome the main challenges
Fri, 19th Jan 2018
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The ideas of ‘bring your own device’ (BYOD) and Internet of Things (IoT) are a dream come true for most employees – but a nightmare for IT staff.

Cloud Access Security Broker: A force to be reckoned with in the new-age of cloud computing
Wed, 13th Dec 2017
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cloud security
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personal computing devices
Before midday I had already accessed and shared information through three cloud based applications for work, and I had checked in to others.

Android's poor system update process is putting devices at risk
Tue, 12th Dec 2017
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personal computing devices
Singh says that even one year after Android 7.0 Nougat was released, only 17% of devices run the operating system. The statistics are poorer for 7.1.

Connecting the dots between BYOD and the cloud
Mon, 11th Dec 2017
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personal computing devices
When it comes to the cloud, companies and organisations have become more comfortable with running critical business workloads there.

AWS launches new IoT services for scale; brings Machine learning to the Edge
Thu, 30th Nov 2017
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced six new services for IoT devices, including AWS IoT 1-Click and AWS Greengrass ML Inference.

Two thirds of ANZ businesses concerned about IoT and OT security
Wed, 22nd Nov 2017
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Enterprises across the globe are worried about the impact of Internet of Things (IoT) technology and operational technology (OT).

Never worry about device security policies again with an NAC
Mon, 20th Nov 2017
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IDC interviewed five organisations that use Aruba ClearPass as a policy management platform for network access control.

1 in 4 organisations relying solely on passwords to secure BYOD
Tue, 7th Nov 2017
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Bitglass has released the findings from its newest research, ‘BYOD and Identity’, which are alarming to say the least.

Why schools need to ramp up their cybersecurity measures
Tue, 24th Oct 2017
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personal computing devices
They house the sensitive information that hackers specifically seek, are running a wide variety of unprotected endpoints, and have limited resources.

The internet of security things: Protecting data with a mobile workforce
Mon, 16th Oct 2017
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IGEL’s Jeff Kalberg outlines 5 technical developments aimed at improving mobile data security and endpoint experiences resellers and MSPs can harness.

Asian SMEs lagging behind in data breach disclosure policies
Mon, 9th Oct 2017
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malware
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Asia Pacific’s SMEs also worry about the cost of implementing cybersecurity technologies, believing that other business areas need funding more.