BYON – Bring Your Own Network gets a closer look
Monday, November 12th, 2012 Karen Ambrose Hickey, EditorLast week, Eric Lai on ZDNet wrote about the follow-on trends to BYOD, called BYON, or Bring-Your-Own-Network, in his article: ‘Bring Your Own Network’: More Security Risks Than BYOD?
“BYON describes how the number and variety of networks and cloud services accessed by mobile workers, often at the same time, is exploding, just as the number and variety of mobile devices carried by employees exploded as the result of BYOD.” As more mobile workers contract with Wi-Fi access vendors (such as iPass, or Boingo), they bring that network along with home networks into the mix. And accessing corporate data and networks from these points.
Chris Witeck, senior director of product marketing at iPass, said there are many steps you can take to make sure devices aren’t vulnerable. “You can protect them by making sure you don’t allow any unauthorized access. Then, the chance of getting access to data becomes slim to none.”
As IT looks for ways to manage this trend, fueled by the Bring-Your-Own-Device trend, companies will continue to bring out more solutions to manage devices, access and data.
The article also noted how iPass defines BYON as “the business traveler wanting to stay connected: “When remote or traveling workers “bring” wireless Internet access with them through a global Wi-Fi network such as iPass and its 150,000 hotspots, rather than rely on free Wi-Fi hotspots or potentially-flaky cellular coverage.”
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