Some CIOs are countering the BYOD effect by drafting severe user policies that lead to . People with a stake in the corporate IT game point out that BYOD's lack of adequate security measures puts sensitive corporate data at risk.

And then there's John Mensel, director of security services at Concept Technology, a 10-year-old IT consulting firm serving midsized companies. He should be leaning hard on the side of IT in the political turmoil caused by BYOD. Instead, he's telling anyone who'll listen to calm down.

CIO.com talked with Mensel about BYOD's real security issues and what BYOD means to the future of IT.

What are the key concerns that you've seen about BYOD and privacy?

Mensel: BYOD has been creeping into our clients' consciousness for the last few years. It's only been in the last six months that people have been caring and worrying about it. I'm talking about smartphones and tablets.