BYOD blues: What to do when employees leave

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https://www.infoworld.com/d/consumerization-of-it/byod-blues-what-do-when-employees-leave-220993

[Look back ten years for an example of BYOD, and what happens when employees
leave - http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2003/08/60052  - WK]


By Lisa Schmeiser
InfoWorld
June 25, 2013

The bring your own device (BYOD) trend is gaining steam, thanks to the cost 
benefits and increased productivity that can come from allowing employees to 
provision their own technology. Mobile workers are more likely to put in more 
hours, so if your employees want to buy their own equipment and do more work on 
their own time, it's a win for the company.

At least, a BYOD-practicing workforce seems like a win right until you have to 
let one of your BYOD workers go and there's no easy way to ask if you can 
please see their iPad for a moment because you want to check if there's 
anything on their personal device that doesn't belong to them.

As more workplaces embrace BYOD practices, they'll increasingly confront the 
question of how to balance the benefits of a self-provisioned workforce against 
the risks of company assets walking out the door when workers are let go. What 
can IT departments currently do to minimize risk when BYOD-practicing employees 
are laid off? What practices and policies can they put in place to make future 
departures as smooth as possible?


BYOD layoffs: What you can do now

It's a fact that some data always walks with the employees: email addresses of 
business contacts, or knowledge of the organization's key business practices 
and initiatives. In the old days, people slipped files into their briefcases. 
Digital files just mean that copying and moving information can be done 
quickly.

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