Icebergs, The Nordics, and Other BYOD Considerations

February 13, 2013 1 Comment

The BYOD iceberg headed towards your businessNew data shows that companies are increasingly exposed to security risks due to a variety of consumer-grade technology brought in by the employees.


I just returned from a tour in the Nordic countries where I presented to the local press the results of the latest BYOD survey* conducted by YouGov on behalf of Trend Micro. The data collected from 3,012 interviews across Norway, Sweden, and Denmark highlights many details of this controversial IT Trend. Most importantly, the research confirms an undeniable truth: Companies around the world are exposed to increasing security risks due to a variety of consumer-grade technology brought into the enterprise by the employees and inevitably used for work-related activities.

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The Financial Impact of Consumerization – The Hidden Costs

February 4, 2013 Leave a comment

BYOD Financial CostsExecutives and IT leaders are struggling to understand the true costs and benefits of IT consumerization and it’s not difficult to see why. Even a cursory Google search on the subject throws up as many questions as it does conflicting answers. The reason is that no comprehensive research has been conducted into the financial impact of such programs before.

That’s why Trend Micro recently decided to take the bull by the horns and commission Forrester Consulting to conduct a rigorous, scientific study – interviewing over 200 IT leaders in the US, UK, France, and Germany. With the results we have begun to build an accurate picture for the first time of what organizations are measuring in their BYOD programs and the cost impacts, in order that IT leaders can go away and begin to formulate for themselves an effective cost benefit analysis.

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The Financial Impact of Consumerization – BYOD boosts productivity.

January 16, 2013 3 Comments

BYOD Financial BenefitsIT strategists and commentators alike have been talking about the cost impacts and benefits of the Consumerization of IT for years. However, no-one seems to agree on what’s actually going on out there from a financial perspective. Why? Because no one has managed to formulate an effective framework for measuring the financial impact of consumer-grade technology on the enterprise. IT managers are effectively flying blind with only a vague notion of what to measure and how to measure it.

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BYOD, Enterprise Mobility and Beyond – What to expect in 2013

January 8, 2013 1 Comment

BYOD, Enterprise Mobility and Beyond – What to expect in 2013Trend Micro’s CTO Raimund Genes recently published his traditional new year predictions for 2013. Quite insightful and mind opening paper, which I invite you to download and add to your reading list for the Holidays.

Interestingly enough for Trend Micro – the company that has made the “Journey to the Cloud” its corporate mantra – Raimund’s top two predictions are not related to the cloud but rather to the inevitable impact of consumer mobile platforms on corporate IT – a topic particularly relevant to the Consumerization blog and to the Enterprise Mobility professionals among us:

#1 The volume of malicious and high-risk Android apps will hit 1 million in 2013.

#2 Windows 8 offers improved security—but only to consumers.

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The Financial Impact of Consumerization – You can’t manage what you don’t measure

December 11, 2012 1 Comment

Most Scrutinized BYOD Expense ItemsThe Consumerization of IT is a trend even the most parochial IT manager has surely heard of by now. It’s sweeping through enterprises across the planet with no regard for legacy, tradition or order and can be seen as either the most exciting or terrifying thing to happen to IT in the past decade, depending on where you stand.

For many IT managers, unfortunately, the prevailing attitude is still “why should I allow it?”. They are clinging on to the old paradigm whereby IT controlled and dictated the purchasing and ongoing management of technology used by employees. This attitude just will not stand any longer – consumerization is happening, and it needs to be managed in as financially efficient a manner as possible.

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Legal and technical BYOD pitfalls highlighted at RSA Conference

October 16, 2012 Leave a comment

Companies that don’t protect themselves through policies place themselves at risk.

Post based on my interview* with Mikael Ricknas of Computerworld.

Allowing employees to bring their own devices to work is causing new challenges, including what happens when a device needs to be wiped or employees want to sell their smartphone or tablet.

Mobile security and BYOD (bring your own device) are main themes at the European edition of RSA’s security conference, which takes place this week in London.

Letting employees use their own smartphones or tablets for work represents a loss of control for IT departments. Also, if personal data isn’t handled correctly, the company may end up being sued, said Cesare Garlati, vice president of mobile security at Trend Micro and the moderator of a conference session called “The Dark Side of BYOD“.

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Smartphone Security Winners & Losers

October 9, 2012 Leave a comment

Mobile Security Winners & LosersPost based on my interview with Jeanne Friedman, content manager for  RSA Conference.

In the mobile space the BYOD trend is becoming a minefield for IT administrators. Many companies have experienced a data breach as a result of an employee owned device accessing the corporate network. When the stakes are this high, corporate IT needs to know which platforms to allow and which to refuse.

Android is the most popular mobile platform in the world. It is also the most vulnerable to attack and in fact the most exploited. Contrary to common perception, Apple mobile devices are not immune to security flaws. And in fact less secure than Android if users “jail break” their devices – to escape Apple’s control.

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Mobile Security: iOS Jailbreaks Pose Risks

February 24, 2012 1 Comment

*** UPDATE 9/1/2015: KeyRaider Compromises 225K (jailbroken) Apple Logins ***

http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2015/08/keyraider-ios-malware-steals-over-225000-apple-accounts-to-create-free-app-utopia/

 

Mobile Security: iOS Jailbreaks Pose RisksJailbreaking is happening in the millions: don’t turn a blind eye.



The latest jailbreak for iOS 6.1, released on 4 February, was downloaded by a whopping 5 million users in the first 48 hours alone, according to the website stats posted by Cyril (a.k.a. pod2g), the developer of the latest hack published on evasi0n.com. During these first two days, the websites served 40 million page views of which a good 50 per cent to 2.5 million unique visitors from the U.S.

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Trend Micro Consumerization Report 2011

September 26, 2011 7 Comments

An increasing number of organizations take a strategic approach to Consumerization by providing IT support for personal devices and by deploying new IT tools to secure and manage them.


This online survey was conducted in June 2011 in the U.S., Germany and Japan among IT personnel responsible for endpoint operational management and/or messaging and collaboration operations. Respondents needed to be part of an organization with at least 500 employees worldwide. A total of 600 surveys were collected equally distributed across countries and industry verticals.

Consumerization reaches the tipping point

Data shows that the majority of companies surveyed already allow employees to use their personal devices for work-related activities. On an aggregate, 56% of the

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‘Trend Micro Consumerization Report 2011’ revealed at the Gartner Summit in London

September 19, 2011 Leave a comment

MEDIA ALERT: Cesare Garlati, Senior Director of Consumerization at Trend Micro, to reveal findings of the ‘Trend Micro Consumerization Report 2011’ at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit in London


“Rather than resist it, organisations should embrace Consumerization to unlock its business potential. This requires a strategic approach, flexible policies and appropriate security and management tools.”

Speaking at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit in London on 19 September 2011, Cesare Garlati, Senior Director of Consumerization at Trend Micro, will be speaking about what Gartner consider the single most influential technology trend of this decade: the Consumerization of IT. Or, how private technology use by employees is becoming increasingly embedded in their business activities and working practices.

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