A new report from Juniper Research has forecast that the number of employee owned smartphones and tablets used in the enterprise will exceed 1 billion by 2018. This represents almost 35% of the total installed base of consumer owned tablets and smartphones.
Not surprisingly, Juniper says the growing trend of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is “redefining business connectivity.”
However, the report still touches on a number of issues and implications that need to be addressed and a single policy or measure may not be sufficient while devising future BYOD strategies.
The new report, Mobile Security: BYOD, mCommerce, Consumer & Enterprise 2013-2018, found that whilst BYOD has the potential to benefit organizations in terms of enhanced employee satisfaction and productivity, the threat from unprotected employee mobile devices is of significant importance.
“Juniper Research contends that for businesses adopting BYOD, there is a need to consider mobile devices as just another endpoint – while devising measures to mitigate the challenges and the risks of managing a multi-platform environment,” the report reads.
Auspiciously, Juniper projects, more than half of all mobile devices in the US will have security apps installed by the end of 2018.
