The effect of BYOD on information security

Coinciding with Ovum’s third BYOX World Forum, Check Point has today released its second mobile security report: The impact of mobile devices on information security. Conducted by Dimensional Research, 790 IT professionals with a security responsibility from the US, Canada, UK, Germany and Japan were queried on their BYOD experience. The overwhelming response is that BYOD is growing dramatically, security is the biggest concern, and that BYOD security incidents are costly.
The often noted difference between ‘allowed’ connections and actual connections is confirmed. Sixty-seven percent of the respondents allow personal devices to connect to the corporate network; but 93% actually have mobile devices connecting – and 96% say that the number of connections is growing. Of the companies that allow mobile connections, there is little difference in size. Sixty-eight percent of companies with fewer than 1000 employees do so, compared to 65% of companies with more than 5000 employees.