Bring Your Own Device Research Articles

Digital tablets in the music classroom: A study about the academic performance of students in the BYOD context

This study assesses whether the use of digital tablets in the context of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) produces an alteration in the academic performance of high school music students. The grades of high school students were analysed and compared for two groups: experimental and control. The experimental group carried out the experiment using digital tablets, while a traditional methodology was used by the control group. The conclusions showed similar results regarding academic performance for a specific unit of the music subject. Students who used their own digital devices obtained statistically similar results to students who followed a more conservative process (even slightly superior in some parameters). Furthermore, there were no significant differences regarding gender. The research concludes that digital tablets in the music classroom are not a barrier for the academic performance of students, but rather a tool that helps in the teaching-learning process.

An attack scenario and mitigation mechanism for enterprise BYOD environments

The recent proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology poses major security and privacy concerns. Specifically, the use of personal IoT devices, such as tablets, smartphones, and even smartwatches, as part of the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend, may result in severe network security breaches in enterprise environments. Such devices increase the attack surface by weakening the digital perimeter of the enterprise network and opening new points of entry for malicious activities. In this paper we demonstrate a novel attack scenario in an enterprise environment by exploiting the smartwatch device of an innocent employee. Using a malicious application running on a suitable smartwatch, the device imitates a real Wi-Fi direct printer service in the network. Using this attack scenario, we illustrate how an advanced attacker located outside of the organization can leak/steal sensitive information from the organization by utilizing the compromised smartwatch as a means of attack. An attack mitigation process and countermeasures are suggested in order to limit the capability of the remote attacker to execute the attack on the network, thus minimizing the data leakage by the smartwatch.

Bring your own device in organizations: Extending the reversed IT adoption logic to security paradoxes for CEOs and end users

This research focuses on bring your own device (BYOD), i.e., the use of personal devices (laptops, tablets and smartphones) to fulfil organizational tasks. BYOD provides opportunities, including the possibility of working differently, for both CEOs and end users. However, BYOD involves high organizational and end user security risks. What are the benefits and risks for CEOs and end users of the reversed adoption logic of BYOD, and how can BYOD-related security paradoxes be overcome? A theoretical analysis is conducted with regard to the concept of the “reversed IT adoption logic” vs. the traditional IT adoption logic. This analysis highlights the security paradoxes linked to this reversed IT adoption and proposes means to overcome these paradoxes. If BYOD entails many opportunities, then it requires information security management to balance the induced risks for CEOs and users.

Work Process of Bring Your Own Device to Support Green Computing

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is a new approach to optimize the use of Information Technology (IT) devices to carry out their work task. The study of BYOD is focused on work activities that perform by IT worker using IT device in public sector. Work activities can provide important insights into IT device portfolio development, end-user segmentation process and the role of IT workers in public sector. The propose of this study is to explore work process of bringing your own devices to support green computing. A conceptual framework of BYOD work process in public sector through integration of IT devices and end-user segmentation to support green computing was developed based on systematic literature review to highlight the implementation of BYOD. This framework considers that work activities based on IT worker, IT device portfolio and end-user segmentation are the main key for public sector to support green computing. This framework is an initial research for researchers and practitioners to further examine BYOD practices in public sector. In addition, to highlight an important gap, this paper explains how different work activities using different IT device influence the IT worker to select the suitable IT device for BYOD that support green computing.

A South African university’s readiness assessment for bringing your own device for teaching and learning

Background: The use of mobile devices for education is rapidly growing, and it is a global phenomenon. The trend of bringing personal mobile devices for learning using the institution’s network to access data and other academic material is referred to as bring your own device (BYOD). Most universities in developed countries have implemented this phenomenon to enhance education. However, the rate of BYOD adoption in developing countries is lagging even though the majority of students and staff already own one or more mobile devices and are using them for personal and educational purposes. Objectives: The study determines the readiness of a South African university to adopt BYOD for teaching and learning. Moreover, the article presents the enabling factors and barriers of BYOD adoption within the university. Method: The study followed an interpretivist philosophical stance. A qualitative single-case study was used. Data were collected through questionnaires and thematic analysis was applied. Results: The BYOD readiness levels are low and are hampered both by organisational and technological factors. Key barriers include lack of comprehensive policies to govern the use of these devices, lack of infrastructure, limited top management support for innovations and security complexities, while the key enabling factors included accessibility to mobile technologies, ease of use, relative advantage and convenience. Conclusion: Bring your own device offers a suitable platform for mobile-learning (m-learning) in universities. Consideration of the readiness factors, such as adoption strategy, implementation plans, security and device management, skills development, and measures of discipline, is essential.

Mobile-based assessment: A literature review of publications in major referred journals from 2009 to 2018

Mobile devices not only provide a medium for delivering personalized and context-aware learning but also facilitate the delivery of assessment activities anytime and anywhere. With the growing adoption of the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) practices in education, Mobile-Based Assessment (MBA) is an emerging field in the context of mobile learning research. Although a considerable number of literature reviews exists about mobile learning, there is no such review study to provide insight into mobile-based assessment. The current study is a review of forty-three (43) articles about mobile-based assessment published in seven major educational technology research journals from January 2009 to February 2018. Major findings include that most mobile-based assessment studies focused on formative assessments with elementary students and in STEM subjects. Most of the reviewed articles reported a significant positive impact on student learning performance, motivation and attitudes. Moreover, the study identified several gaps in the mobile assessment literature. More research is needed to investigate issues and concerns related to negative perceptions against mobile assessment, especially form the teachers’ point of view. Also, a stronger alignment needs to be developed between student motivation and different mobile-based assessment practices. The study can be a valuable reference for educators and researchers working in the field of mobile-based assessment.

ISSUES AND CONCERNS IN ENTITY AUTHENTICATION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLANS)

Online services have made the various computer applications accessible and convenient for their users. In last one decade, the usage of sophisticated personal gadgets and Internet connectivity have increased manifolds, which in turn have drastically changed the way of doing the official as well as personal activities. These gadgets are very powerful and highly portable, which can serve multiple purposes like communication, entertainment, business and banking etc. It is necessary for any secure information system to provide its users certain security services like confidentiality, integrity, authenticity and availability. Authentication is a core component of every security model. As the security needs for accessing various types of online accounts are different and there exists different transmission technologies also, so a variety of authentication methods exists to provide the authentication services. Adoption of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) trend and development of powerful portable devices have led to an increasingly heterogeneous authentication landscape. There exists no single technology that can meet these diverse authentication requirements. The authentication techniques used in the wired networks may not fit directly in wireless networks. In this paper we have studied, analyzed and presented various authentication methods, attacks, issues and technologies used in entity authentication deployed in WLANs. The scope of this paper is only limited to the authentication concerns in WLANs. As the broadcasting nature of wireless channel makes them drastically different from their wired counterparts, so the features and properties of protocols deployed in WLANs for providing the security services are different, and face a unique set of challenges.

Determinants of Intention to Participate in Corporate BYOD-Programs: The Case of Digital Natives

Corporations continue to see a growing demand for Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) programs which allow employees to use their own computing devices for business purposes. This study analyses the demand of digital natives for such programs when entering the workforce and how they perceive the benefits and risk associated with BYOD. A theoretical model building on net valence considerations, technology adoption theories and perceived risk theory is proposed and tested. International students from five countries in their final year and with relevant work experience were surveyed. The results show that the intention to enroll in a BYOD program is primarily a function of perceived benefits while risks are widely ignored. Only safety and performance risks proved to contribute significantly to the overall perceived risk. The knowledge acquired from this study is particularly beneficial to IT executives as a guide to deciding whether and how to set up or adjust corporate BYOD initiatives.

Addressing the incremental risks associated with adopting Bring Your Own Device

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) involves allowing employees to use their own mobile devices to access their organisations’ networks. Many organisations are embracing this trend as a means to cut information technology (IT) expenditure, enhance employee satisfaction, etc. However, these and other benefits come at a cost in the form of exposing an organisation to new risks. The aim of this research was to assist organisations to identify the incremental risks they could potentially encounter if they implement a BYOD programme and how they can reduce the risks directly related to BYOD to an acceptable level. An extensive literature review was performed to identify the risks which arise as a result of the adoption of a BYOD programme. COBIT 5 was identified as the most appropriate framework which could be used to develop possible safeguards to mitigate the incremental risks associated with a BYOD programme to an acceptable level. Safeguards were developed to address the risks.

Would Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) be welcomed by undergraduate students to support their learning during fieldwork?

ABSTRACTThis paper reports student perceptions of the benefits and challenges of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in a fieldwork context. Student perceptions from six field courses across two institutions have been gathered using questionnaires and focus groups. Whilst a number of studies have focused on BYOD in a classroom context, little research has been undertaken about BYOD in a fieldwork context. The key findings suggest that around one fifth of students were not willing to use their own device during fieldwork citing loss or damage as the main reason. This key challenge is different to that which are found in a classroom which generally focus on network security, connectivity etc. The findings also suggest that some students believe that BYOD can have a negative impact on group work. There is a misalignment here between student and practitioner thinking with previous literature which suggests that practitioners believe BYOD and smart devices can enhance group work. The one key challenge which is found regardless of learning environment is inequality between those who have a device and those who do not.

An Evaluation of the Proposed Framework for Access Control in the Cloud and BYOD Environment

As the bring your own device (BYOD) to work trend grows, so do the network security risks. This fast-growing trend has huge benefits for both employees and employers. With malware, spyware and other malicious downloads, tricking their way onto personal devices, organizations need to consider their information security policies. Malicious programs can download onto a personal device without a user even knowing. This can have disastrous results for both an organization and the personal device. When this happens, it risks BYODs making unauthorized changes to policies and leaking sensitive information into the public domain. A privacy breach can cause a domino effect with huge financial and legal implications, and loss of productivity for organizations. This is a difficult challenge. Organizations need to consider user privacy and rights together with protecting networks from attacks. This paper evaluates a new architectural framework to control the risks that challenge organizations and the use of BYODs. After analysis of large volumes of research, the previous studies addressed single issues. We integrated parts of these single solutions into a new framework to develop a complete solution for access control. With too many organizations failing to implement and enforce adequate security policies, the process needs to be simpler. This framework reduces system restrictions while enforcing access control policies for BYOD and cloud environments using an independent platform. Primary results of the study are positive with the framework reducing access control issues.

BYOD Implementation Factors in Schools: A Case Study in Malaysia

The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative has been implemented widely in developed countries as a mechanism to prepare the students for the 4th industrial revolution. Success stories of the initiative vary depending on factors pertaining to its implementation. This study aims to identify the key factors to implement BYOD in schools for educational purposes. The research employed a mix-method approach by means of a survey. The data was collected from teachers through questionnaires and and from the school management through interviews. The respondents included 204 teachers from 5 schools in Putrajaya and Dengkil. Principals, senior assistants, ICT teachers and technicians from three schools were interviewed. They represented the school management group. A descriptive statistical analysis is conducted using SPSS statistical software. The research has identified four key factors for the successful implementation of BYOD in Malaysian schools. Two of the factors are related to the Cyber Security Policy at the schools - enforcing a secure network infrastructure and safety control requirement in the implementation of BYOD at schools. These security-related factors are important for the schools from the very beginning. They can be further categorized according to the implementation stages: pre-, during and post-adoption; cost allocation, preparation of controls and training to support BYOD's implementation at schools are the corresponding factors to each stage. On the other hand, the other two key factors are related to the schools’ readiness - ensuring the successful implementation of BYOD whereby the school management group is willing and prepared to tackle any arising BYOD-related issues in the future.

Bring your own device: a survey of threats and security management models

Bring your own device (BYOD) is used for the benefits offered by allowing the use of mobile devices to perform business tasks, but the following questions should be analysed if any organisation want to adopt a BYOD environment: What threats do currently face mobile devices that are being used in BYOD environments? What are the characteristics of the security models proposed until now in order to manage BYOD? Are there integral security models with the minimum requirements in order to take full advantage of BYOD? What are the basic controls that should be taken into account for designing security policies in a business with a BYOD environment? What are the main differences between security on BYOD environments vs. security on corporate owned mobile device environments, regarding how easy is to meet security needs? By giving answers to these questions, we will be able to have a clear vision of what it takes to adopt BYOD in an organisation.

Bring your own device: a survey of threats and security management models

Bring your own device (BYOD) is used for the benefits offered by allowing the use of mobile devices to perform business tasks, but the following questions should be analysed if any organisation want to adopt a BYOD environment: What threats do currently face mobile devices that are being used in BYOD environments? What are the characteristics of the security models proposed until now in order to manage BYOD? Are there integral security models with the minimum requirements in order to take full advantage of BYOD? What are the basic controls that should be taken into account for designing security policies in a business with a BYOD environment? What are the main differences between security on BYOD environments vs. security on corporate owned mobile device environments, regarding how easy is to meet security needs? By giving answers to these questions, we will be able to have a clear vision of what it takes to adopt BYOD in an organisation.

Bezpieczeństwo informacji w modelu BYOD

The development of mobile devices, which can be seen now favors their use not only for communication, or entertainment, but increasingly also for work. New technologies such as Cloud Computing, fast, and public wireless networks, ever more perfect mobile devices, where a wide range available on the market makes that each user can adjust it to their requirements mean that more and more dynamically growing trend of workforce mobility. Mobility of workers, and thus the possibility of mobile computing is growing very rapidly and allows the use of newer and newer technologies. One of the models or trends that can be observed is BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). It is a model that allows for the use of their personal devices for business purposes. Ensure an appropriate level of information security in the case of new technologies related to user mobility is not an easy task. For organizations, this means a complete change of approach to managing the IT network, mobile devices, security management and management employees themselves. In the article will be presented the main aspects of information security, which should be in any organization which implements or has implemented a BYOD model for its IT infrastructure. Also it will be discussed the legal aspects, financial and related to licensing, which are directly connected with the BYOD model.

Design and Analysis of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Pedagogies in Higher Education

Design and Analysis of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Pedagogies in Higher Education

Mobile Healthcare Application Development on Android OS in Cloud Computing

Health care application is implemented in pervasive devices has faced several challenges. In Android operating system development of health services is a benefit for the common people. Cloud computing data retrieval and management interoperability and availability of resources, security and privacy unified and ubiquitous access. The aim of the proposed application is to managing healthcare information system based on Cloud computing by using Android operating system. Cloud Computing provides the facility to access shared resources and common infrastructure in a ubiquitous and pervasive manner, offering services on demand over the network to perform operations that meet changing needs in mobile healthcare application. The proposed system has been implemented using Amazon's S3 cloud service, the security of the system is maintained the concept of bring your own device (BYOD) and the mobile application is developed in android operating system. Finally management of patient health records and medical images generated by the DICOM format and JPEG2000 coding.

A framework for the adoption of bring your own device (BYOD) in the hospital environment

A framework for the adoption of bring your own device (BYOD) in the hospital environment

Main factors and good practices for managing BYOD and IoT risks in a K-12 environment

The presented research looks into information security and privacy risk related to using mobile and embedded devices for learning in the K-12 environment. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program and I...

The Implementation of Computer based Test on BYOD and Cloud Computing Environment

Computer-based test promises several benefits such as automatic grading, assessment features, and paper efficiency. However, besides the benefits, the organization should prepare the enough infrastructure, network connectivity, and user education. The problem upsurges when a hundred numbers of users join the computer-based test. This article proposes Bring-Your-Own-Devices (BYOD), and the cloud computing approach to facilitate a hundred numbers of exam participant. Through the experiment method on 393 students, the article determines five central practices that can be used by the organization who want to implement the massive scale computer-based test.