Byod news and trends

When BYOD Also Means Bring-Your-Own-Cyber Risk

October 27, 2020
Bank Of America Deploys Biometrics For Enterprise Mobile Banking
B2B Payments // July 02, 2018

Enterprise processes are starting to look a lot more like the consumer world. From procurement’s path to mimic an Amazon experience, to the Bring Your Own Device movement, corporates have embraced the movement toward user-friendly processes for the sake of convenience and efficiency. This consumerization...

HP Fights Cyber-Risk Linked To Billions Of Enterprise Devices
B2B Payments // April 11, 2018

HP is deploying a Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) offering to enhance corporate customers’ risk management and IT security, the company said Tuesday (April 10). In collaboration with professional services firm Aon, HP is rolling out an enterprise cybersecurity solution that includes hardware security protection, risk assessment and...

For B2B, Promise In BYOD?
B2B Payments // August 17, 2017

The edges between B2B and B2C might be blurring a bit — if the devices have anything to do with it. Prabhat Agarwal, director of research at AppOptix, explains why consumers using phones to conduct business can present some opportunities (of the revenue kind) for...

Symantec Buys Skycure To Secure Mobile Devices
Security & Fraud // July 12, 2017

Cybersecurity company Symantec recently announced it has entered an agreement to acquire U.S. and Israel-based Skycure, a mobile threat defense company. In a press release, Symantec, which did not disclose the terms of the deal, said, “Skycure’s predictive threat detection techniques will enhance Symantec’s enterprise and...

Interviews & Exclusives
Safeguarding Customer Payments For The At-Home Call Agent Boom

June 15, 2017
President Donald Trump wants to bring more jobs back to the U.S., and lawmakers have asked the Trump administration to pay particular attention to the call center industry. This year, senators began planning to introduce a bill aimed at discouraging federal contractors from offshoring these jobs, a measure that would propel a trend in recent years […]

Quick Reads
How Government Employees Are Putting Data At Risk

August 20, 2015
Federal employees using personal devices are putting those devices and sensitive data at risk, according to a new study released Wednesday (Aug. 19). According to Lookout, the mobile security company, which debuted the study titled “State of Federal BYOD,” mobile devices are “extremely prevalent” in federal agencies, even in places where use of those devices […]

Motorola Unleashes Enterprise Device

August 06, 2015
Apple and Microsoft are in a smartphone war as they work to get their devices in the hands of employees and business owners. Technology firms are realizing how enterprise mobility...

Upcoming iPhone Introduces New Business Features

July 31, 2015
This week the technology market saw the launch of Windows 10 Pro, Microsoft’s latest operating system that came chock-full of new features for the enterprise. While the system has won...

Good Technology Solves A Hidden Problem With BYOD

July 24, 2015
As businesses embrace Bring Your Own Device and allow employees to use their own smartphones for work-related practices, technology firms have been more motivated than ever to roll out mobile...