Data and Device Policy

Employers have the right to create workplace policies to protect organizational data and to maintain control of their networks and connected devices. However, maintaining that control becomes much more difficult when many different computing devices are allowed to connect to the organization’s network.

BYOD is basically what it sounds like: The company allows employees to bring their own laptop, tablet, smartphone, and so on to work and connect that device to the company network. There are good reasons for allowing this, but there are also some problems.

Some restrict the types of devices to those that are more secure. Many require specific security programs on all devices that will connect to the network. Some require the employee to acknowledge that if they leave the company or lose the device, it will be “remotely wiped,” deleting everything on the device.

Having policies covering the use and management of BYOD is an absolute requirement in any organization that decides to allow such use. Regardless of the policies, though, the company has the right (and the obligation, for privacy reasons) to manage any device connected to secure company networks.

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