Bring Your Own Device Research Articles

Bring Your Own Device: Parental Guidance (PG) Suggested

Educators are incorporating students’ mobile devices into the schooling experience via Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives. This is advantageous for many reasons, most notably, improving access to Internet resources and digital tools in support of teaching and learning. Obtaining parental support is key to BYOD success. Therefore, this study examined variables associated with a parent’s decision to allow their child to bring personal technology devices to school for educational purposes. Parental guidance regarding BYOD implementation also was solicited. Results showed most parents permitted their child to BYOD. Significant BYOD predictors included the student’s home mobile technology index score (+), overall school rating (+), school technology rating (−), and whether the student was at the intermediate/high school level. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.

BYOD security engineering: A framework and its analysis

With the rapid increase of smartphones and tablets, security concerns have also been on the rise. Employees find it desirable to use personal mobile devices for their work and make no distinction between using their carriers' services versus their organizations' Wi-Fi. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is an extension of corporate networks and thus it is essential to secure BYODs to protect enterprise networks (Wang and Vangury, 2014).In this paper, risks of allowing BYOD balanced by its benefits will be examined. The paper has three overarching objectives. The first is to address the security concerns of BYOD, which necessitate technology, policy management, and people integration instead of the traditional technology alone approach. The second is to propose a BYOD Security Framework as the solution to BYOD security concerns. The framework has three pillars: People, Policy Management, and Technology. It will be demonstrated that these three pillars are necessary in order to secure BYOD implementations in enterprises. The final objective is to validate the framework. This is done via an empirical survey conducted on a pool of 114 industry security practitioners. The resulting dataset is analyzed to determine the association between the level of the BYOD Security Framework elements being de facto implemented in organizations and the frequency of security breaches associated with BYOD in those organizations to confirm key elements of the framework.

A Qualitative Study on the Adoption of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Practice

The consumerization of information and communication technology (ICT) is a practically important research question. Throughout this paper, the author investigates the reasons that lead to this new and important practice. He analyzes the evolution and current state of ICT adoption research, identifying adoption patterns and determining factors, and hereby offers an integrative theoretical framework based on this body of research that illuminates the main pathways to adoption behavior. Results of this analysis allow one to realize a new phenomenon, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), which has become essential for organizations. A qualitative study is conducted to explain organizations' adoption of BYOD. A constant comparative method is used to analyze data obtained by interviewing the senior level managers of 14 organizations. Findings show that security, privacy, perceived financial cost, and compatibility have a major effect on the adoption.

BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE POLICY AND WI-FI TECHNOLOGY FOR MILITARY EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION

This article explores the concept of combining a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy and Wi-Fi technology with existing information policies and infrastructure for typical Military Educational Organization. In face of financial restrictions many Military Educational Organizations in many countries are expecting a problem of computer renewal. To give employees and students an opportunity to work effectively under impossibility to renovate computer facilities a new BYOD policy has to be applied. This policy is directly connected to development of Wi-Fi infrastructure within organization. Obviously, implementing of BYOD policy in a couple with Wi-Fi technology will allow Military Educational Organizations to include into information process not only existent computer hardware, but a great number of personal devices. Nowadays wireless technologies are forbidden for many military organizations because of information restrictions so all aspects of new approach integrity with Net-Centric strategy, efficiency, reliability, security and cost are considered in the article. This article is based on author’s experience and represents the author’s proposal for the BYOD/Wi-Fi implementation only at the unclassified information environment and the potential financial benefits of this issue.

An experience of personalized learning hub initiative embedding BYOD for reflective engagement in higher education

The article shares an experience in the implementation of the “personalized learning hub” initiative embedding Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) on learners' reflective engagement in flipped classrooms at a higher education institute. A reflective engagement framework was developed, consisting of three dimensions: intellectual, personal and social reflective engagement. Participants involved 26 in-service teachers for a teacher professional development programme on e-Learning. Participants were encouraged to bring and use their own portable computing devices as a “personalized learning hub” to support their reflective engagement. The analysis of qualitative and quantitative data collected provides evidence on learners' attainment of reflective engagement in the three dimensions. The designed initiative enabled learners to achieve a significant knowledge gain for enhancing their understanding of e-Learning. The learners perceived that the initiative could help achieving their learning outcomes. They also perceived that group interaction and experience sharing with peers, teachers and related experts in this context could help advance their knowledge. These results imply that the designed initiative can promote learners to be engaged in reflective inquiry for deep learning and personal growth. Directions of future work are discussed regarding validating the developed framework through extending the use of the reflective engagement framework and the “personalized learning hub” initiative embedding BYOD to more learning scenarios, and enhancing the related teacher professional development.

The Myths of and Solutions for Android OS Controlled and Secure Environment

<p class="R-AbstractKeywords"><span lang="EN-US">Android is the most popular mobile operating system nowadays both for smartphones and tablets. This fact creates many not fully recognized risks. Often even advanced users naive think that using antivirus software, firewall, encryption, updates, as well as avoiding potentially risky sites and applications are enough for security. This list is not full, but nevertheless each its item in most cases only conceals an illusion of reaching the security. Authors have summarized and pointed out several actual Android security issues and have proposed a number of possible solutions.</span></p><p class="R-AbstractKeywords"><span lang="EN-US">The practical experience as well as direct testing show that part of Android applications may contain a malware. The harmful characteristics of an application often become visible only after some runs, or after an update, or after a harmful web content is downloaded and shown by the application. It is observed that applications often try to get an unauthorized or inattentively authorized access to user data and send it outside the device. </span></p><p class="R-AbstractKeywords"><span lang="EN-US">The situation with Android applications gets more and more out of the control. The authors propose a solution to overcome the security issues, while respecting the latest Google solutions. Target group of the proposal are users that use smartphone or tablet both for private and corporate needs, i.e. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) case.</span></p><p class="R-AbstractKeywords"><span lang="EN-US">The authors point out and compare four possible Android technical administration solutions based on the unified model for BYOD case. The authors also propose the changes to Android architecture to enhance its security. It is proposed to look at the mobile operating system as a web server. Such principle allows implementing in Android a number of security principles taken from the web servers solutions.</span></p>

BYOD 환경을 고려한 모바일 웹을 위한 세션 관리 개선 방안 연구

This paper explains a web session management system for mobile web environment with BYOD(Bring Your Own Device). This system operates by enhanced secure session token. This system consists of an unique identifier, time stamp, and encryption algorithm. The Unique identifier in this system classifies each mobile device for web security based on mobile environment with BYOD. And the Time stamp in this system that determine session effectiveness for web security. Also the Cipher algorithm in this system that protects session token information for web security. This paper analysis a security of session management system running on mobile web environment using the simulation techniques. The proposed method is more suitable than the other methods under enviroment mobile web environment with BYOD.

A UK perspective on smartphone use amongst doctors within the surgical profession.

IntroductionHospitals are increasingly looking for mobile solutions to meet their information technology needs. Medical professionals are using personal mobile devices to support their work, because of limitations in both time and space. Our aims were to assess smartphone use amongst UK surgical doctors, the prevalence of medical app use and online activity.MethodsA thirteen-item questionnaire was derived to identify the proportion of surgical doctors of all grades using smartphones within the workplace. The following factors were evaluated: use of medical apps; use of online medical resources and if users were willing to use their own smartphone for clinical use.ResultsA total of 341 participants were surveyed with a complete response rate: 93.5% of which owned a smartphone, with 54.2% of those owning medical apps and 86.2% using their device to access online medical resources.Junior doctors were more likely to use medical apps over their senior colleagues (p = 0.001) as well as access the Internet on their smartphone for medical information (p < 0.001).Overall, 79.3% stated that they would be willing to use their smartphone for clinical use, which was found not to be dependent on seniority (p = 0.922).ConclusionOnline resources contribute significantly to clinical activities with the majority of smartphone users willing to use their own device. The information gathered from this study can aid developers to create software dedicated to the smartphone operating systems in greatest use and to potentially increase the use of a bring your own device (BYOD) scheme.

A Review of Bring Your Own Device on Security Issues

Mobile computing has supplanted internet computing because of the proliferation of cloud-based applications and mobile devices (such as smartphones, palmtops, and tablets). As a result of this, workers bring their mobile devices to the workplace and use them for enterprise work. The policy of allowing the employees to work with their own personal mobile devices is called Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD). In this article, we discuss BYOD’s background, prevalence, benefits, challenges, and possible security attacks. We then review contributions of academic researchers on BYOD. The Universiti Putra Malaysia online databases (such as IEEE Xplore digital library, Elsevier, Springer, ACM digital library) were used to search for peer-reviewed academic publications and other relevant publications on BYOD. The Google Scholar search engine was also used. Our thorough review shows that security issues comprise the most significant challenge confronting BYOD policy and that very little has been done to tackle this security challenge. It is our hope that this review will provide a theoretical background for future research and enable researchers to identify researchable areas of BYOD.

THE FUTURE OF BYOD IN ORGANIZATIONS AND HIGHER INSTITUTION OF LEARNING

B.Y.O.D. (Bring Your Own Device) or B.Y.O.T. (Bring your own technology) is a new trend that has been perceived where staffs and students bring their personally-owned mobile devices to their study and workplace to access institutions resources such as email, file servers , databases, do other academic work or research as well as their personal data. The conception of ‘Bring your Own Device’ is gaining trust at the workplace and also study environment. According to Priya C. N. (2012), stated that most of the institutions and organizations abroad have started to implement this policy since the year 2012. A well organized questionnaire was distributed among 70 students and staffs chosen from various FTMSGlobal Departments of the College under study with response rate of 50 percent. The present study demonstrates and elaborates the various aspects of BYOD use, such as awareness of BYOD, the frequent use of BYOD, purposes for which the BYOD is used, collaborative tools used for academic purposes, concerns/problems faced by the users and satisfaction level of users with the BYOD facilities provided in the College. Using personal devices at work or study is beneficial in some ways like more productivity, flexibility, freedom and choice etc. Though, the policy has some risks as well like the prime issue of data security. It can be seen in the literature reviews that the organization who clasps BYOD policy have seen that their employees and students are happier, productive and collaborative. Henceforth it was conducted with the primary objective of finding the views of respondents from different sectors and institutions.

BYOD and Governance of the Personal Cloud

Cloud services are increasingly being used for a variety of purposes, including e-mail, social networking, music streaming, calendar management, file storage etc. In recent times the evolution of cloud services from private applications to corporate usage has been observed. This has led to the question of how private and business cloud services can be dual-accessed through a single device, in particular a mobile device that is used as part of a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy. This paper considers the issues that arise from a consolidation of private and professional applications when accessed from a single device and introduces the term “personal cloud” to characterise such situations. It also presents an approach to cloud governance from a business perspective focusing in particular on security tokens, hardware keys and smart containers.

Unified communications as an enabler of workplace redesign

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine how advances in unified communications (UC) technologies are enabling radical changes in workplace redesign. Low-cost and readily available technologies allow individuals to participate in work in ways that they could not before. Mobile hardware, networking infrastructure and robust UC platforms are making work less location- and time-dependent. Whereas these technologies provided the catalyst for the reimagining of the workplace in the early to mid-2000s, it was the explosion of BYOD (bring your own device) in recent years that has caused organizations to reconsider innovative workplace usage. Design/methodology/approach – In this case study on the Microsoft Corporation, business motivators for workplace innovation, driven by performance metrics, are examined. Findings – Included in the findings are increased productivity, talent attraction and retention, reduced sick leave, reduced communications costs, reduced IT and administration costs, reduced carbon footprint, lower real estate costs and reduced travel and training costs. Practical implications – While many of these findings are beneficial to both employer and employee, they do not come without a cost. UC typically makes the employee accessible from anywhere at any time and this challenges a traditional work–life balance model. Moving forward will require both employer and employee to find a healthy work-life integration model that balances the needs of the individual with the needs of the organization. Originality/value – This research documents a workplace redesign initiative enabled by UC at a global high technology company.

Not safe for work

Many companies are introducing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) schemes into their working practices. Despite the numerous benefits this offers, a significant number of businesses are still not equipped with the necessary protection to implement these schemes in the right way. Understandably, businesses want to give staff access to devices that can improve productivity and mobility, but they need to ensure these are equipped and updated with the latest technology to secure corporate networks from increasingly complex threats. Many companies are introducing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) schemes into their working practices. Despite the numerous benefits this offers, a significant number of firms are not equipped with the necessary security protections. Understandably, businesses want to give staff access to devices that can improve productivity and mobility, but they need to ensure these are equipped and updated with the latest technology to secure corporate networks from increasingly complex threats, explains Russell Horton of Elitetele.com.

What's the difference? Learning collaboratively using iPads in conventional classrooms

Since its release in 2010, Apple's iPad has attracted much attention as an affordable and flexible learning tool for all levels of education. A number of trials have been undertaken exploring the device's efficacy for specific purposes, such as improving delivery of course content and learning resources at tertiary level, and the performance of apps for meeting specialised learning needs. However, with increased mainstreaming of these devices through iPad-supported modern learning environment (MLE) and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programmes, data are becoming available that provides insight into how these devices function as part of regular classroom environments. This article reports an analysis of data collected over almost 3 years from nearly 100 New Zealand primary (elementary) students of different ages, who used iPads daily for most curriculum tasks. Specifically, it uses different data sources to explore how observed and recorded device design and app attributes, affected the students' ability to work collaboratively.Results suggest fundamental differences exist between iPads and other digital devices that helped these students collaborate, and that when combined with cloud-based apps and services such as Google Docs, extended this collaboration to much wider audiences well beyond the school gate. It concludes that beyond the hype and rhetoric, exciting potential exists for this tool to support a ‘blurring in the line’ between learning in formal school and informal environments.

BYOD? OMG!

Bring Your Own Device--allowing employees to bring personally owned technology to their workplaces might improve productivity, but it also creates risks for employers. The Web extra at http://youtube/t2UpGr1AmiQ is an audio recording of Brian M. Gaff reading his Computing and the Law column, in which he discusses how bring your own device (BYOD) allows employees to bring personally owned technology to their workplaces and use it in connection with their jobs. Although this might improve productivity, it also creates risks for employers.

Coming full circle: are there benefits to BYOD?

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) was kicked off by the smartphone and tablet revolution. As soon as everybody had their own powerful machine in their pocket workplaces deemed it useful to harness this power that we bring to work ourselves. In a stark contrast to 20 or even 10 years ago, when the only computer that we used was in the office, now we find ourselves carrying this equipment around with us and using the same technology at home as we do at work.

A Simple Security Architecture for Mobile Office

The Mobile Offices services based on Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) are getting more popular as the use of smart phone grows rapidly. As the free wireless services are being spread, malicious codes can be spread easily. Therefore, how we will provide security in an environment of free wireless has become an issue. This paper suggests security architecture for the better mobile office security and presents required procedures and the analysis of the expected security enhancement.

Review of the Information Security and Privacy Challenges in Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Environments

With increasing development and adoption of information and communication technology initiatives internationally, evolving trends such as bring your own device (BYOD) is rapidly changing operational methods of organizations in attempt to improve efficiency and productivity. However, for organizations to successfully benefit from BYOD, several dynamics relating to security and privacy in BYOD environments must be examined and understood. This article reviews information security and privacy, mobile computing, and current organizational practices that shed light on BYOD and the issues behind its adoption. The review will assist organizations and IT professionals to understand the increasing demands of BYOD, and its challenges.

BYOD NETWORK: Enhancing Security through Trust–Aided Access Control Mechanisms

The growth of mobile devices both in variety and in computational abilities have given birth to a concept in the corporate world known as Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). Under this concept, Employees are allowed to bring personally owned mobile devices for official work. Though relatively new, it has gained up to 53% patronage among organisations, and it is expected to hit 88% in the near future. Its popularity is driven by significant advantages ranging from reduced cost, employee satisfaction to improved productivity. However, the concept also introduces new security challenges; for instance, the organisation looses the ownership of devices used for official work, to the employees. Implying that the employees own and manage the devices they use to work, including seeing to the security needs of such devices. With this development, protecting the corporate network becomes pertinent and even more challenging with an audacious need for outwittingconventional access control mechanisms, giving the highly dynamic nature of mobile devices. Considering the fact that BYOD is also a type of pervasive/dynamic environment, this work studies similar dynamic environments, relating to how their security challenges are addressed, and from such bases a Trust-Aided Dynamic Access Control Approach is proposed for enhancing the security of BYOD devices. Through computational analysis, this scheme has been seen to be security-compliant and could significantly improving the overall security of BYOD networks.

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

Many firms consider offering Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) programs, which allow employees to use their own computing devices for business purposes. This study analyses how digital natives perceive the benefits and risk associated with BYOD. A theoretical model building on net valence approaches, technology adoption theories and perceived risk theory is proposed and tested. Students from several countries in their final year and with relevant work experience were surveyed (n=476). The study demonstrates that benefits matter more than risks, at least for the suspected drivers of IT consumerization. The results show that the intention to enrol in a BYOD program is primarily a function of perceived benefits. Only safety and performance risks proved to contribute significantly to the overall perceived risk. Risks related to organizational performance and personal privacy do not significantly. FIMIX analysis reveals no significant differences across the multinational sample. This provides evidence that the determinants of BYOD adoption decision are not dependent on cultural characteristics. 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 global BYOD initiatives.