The impact of the consumerization of IT on IT security management

Driven by the proliferation of high-end consumer technology, such as PDAs, MP3 players and smartphones, we have seen increasing adoption of consumer technology in the corporate environment. Today’s personal mobile devices have already been proven to increase personal and employee productivity. Despite a rather limited range of mobile applications and services being used in typical corporate environments – mostly email, instant messaging and, less frequently, presence awareness – the use of smartphones is becoming increasingly commonplace in mid- to large-sized organizations. According to a recent report from Osterman Research, 15 percent of the corporate workforce used employee-supplied mobile devices in 2007, and a survey from TechTarget forecasts that this figure will exceed 25 percent in 2008.

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