Case Study 1: Bring
Your Own Device (BYOD)
Read the following
articles: “The dark side of BYOD” from TechRepublic and “BYOD As We Know It Is Dead” from Forbes.
Write a two to three
(2-3) page paper in which you:
1.
Identify the primary benefits of BYOD
in organizations, and determine the key ways in which its concepts can enhance
an end user’s overall working experience.
2.
Analyze in detail the major risks
surrounding BYOD, and analyze the security controls and technologies that are
currently available and being utilized to manage these risks.
3.
Provide a real-world example of how
BYOD either positively or negatively affected an organization’s productivity
and / or security.
4.
Determine whether or not you would
consider implementing BYOD concepts in a real organization and whether or not
the benefits outweigh the risks.
5.
Use at least three (3) quality
resources in this assignment (no more than 2-3 years old) from material outside
the textbook.Note: Wikipedia and
similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must
follow these formatting requirements:
·
Be typed, double spaced, using Times
New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and
references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor
for any additional instructions.
·
Include a cover page containing the
title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course
title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course
learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
·
Explain how businesses apply
cryptography in maintaining information security.
·
Use technology and information
resources to research issues in information systems security.
·
Write clearly and concisely about
network security topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style
conventions.
