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80 per cent of BYOD unmanaged: Ovum

23.10.2012
While the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon has entered the mainstream with 70 per cent of smartphone-owning professionals using their personal devices to access corporate data, almost 80 per cent today's BYOD activity remains inadequately managed by IT departments, according to analyst and research firm, .

Ovum said that this means businesses are left not only at risk of data loss, but are unable to claim they took reasonable preventative measures.

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In its BYOD Survey (September 20120), which surveyed over 4000 full-time employees to assess BYOD behaviour and attitudes, the firm found "a concerning level of ignorance by IT professionals about the BYOD trend."

The study indicated that nearly half of the respondents' employers' IT departments either did not know of BYOD or were ignoring its existence through a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy. A further 8.1 per cent discouraged it.

Levels of ignorance by IT were higher in mature economies with more rigid working practices, such as those of Continental Europe, compared to high-growth economies like Brazil, India, and South Africa.