The days of the paper shredder are gone. Company data is no longer just in the physical hands of employees, it’s in their virtual hands, traveling with them wherever they go. This creates growing risk for data loss and security breaches. When these data breaches occur, it can cause devastating legal, financial and reputation crises. It’s hard to ignore the cost benefits when employees purchase their own device, but with as much as 70% of the intellectual property living on email alone, a huge percentage of data assets are “out there” on somebody’s smartphone or tablet.

IT needs to examine employees’ devices in greater detail and implement a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution to manage this concern. It impacts the bottom line of any company when you consider the costs that can be associated with data breaches that can occur if employees access corporate data on potentially unsecured mobile and WiFi networks.