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1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of allowing employees to use their personal smart phones for work?

ADVANTAGE
•    Employees can use their own smart phones would allow companies to enjoy all of the same benefits of a mobile workforce without spending their own money on these devices.
•    In addition, the companies are easier to keep track of each mobile device and to roll out software upgrades or fixes because all employees were using the similar devices.
•    Besides that, a number of software products have emerged to help companies manage diverse mobile platforms. These software products have capabilities for configuring devices remotely, enforcing different set of policies for different user and devices, and managing applications running on all of them.

DISADVANTAGE
•    Because the employee work with more than one type of mobile device and operating system, company will need to quickly and flexibly confirm that their employees are still able to remain performance.
•    Moreover, company providing adequate technical support for every employee could be difficult with the variety of phones and operating systems available.
•    On the other hand, mobility puts assets and data at greater risk compare to if they were only located within company wall on company machines.

ADVANTAGES	DISADVANTAGES
Enhanced Productivity Mobile devices offer the benefits of convenience and speed. Sales executives can do their jobs while traveling, management can keep up with emails or review important documents on their tablets, and anyone can stay connected with their Smart phone. Smart phones have become a primary player in how workers communicate and share both work-related and personal data throughout the course of a day.	Managing Security One of the riskiest aspects of a BYOD environment is managing security. Your BYOD policy should require minimum security measures. Consider scenarios such as an employee who loses a mobile phone or laptop and puts sensitive company data in the wrong hands. Develop a process for establishing those controls before the employee is allowed to access company data. What about compliance issues? Does your business operate within an industry that must adhere to certain practices for protecting data?
Cost Savings Within Bring Your Own Device environments, the costs associated with the personal device are just that: personal. Most workers willingly purchase their preferred laptop or mobile device, including their data plan, and simply want to use it for business purposes. This can mean significant savings for your IT department as compared with the investment in company-issued devices.	Controlling Acceptable Use Allowing employees to use their own personal devices means that your company has suddenly lost some levels of control over the appropriate use of the technology. Unlike a company-issued laptop or device, which comes with an acceptable use policy, it’s not exactly easy to control how someone uses a personal device. That’s why many companies are turning to BYOD policies to set reasonable expectations.
Improved Morale When techs are able to use the devices they already know and love, and achieve higher success rates because of it, they will be happier working for your company. Studies have shown that even when employees are responsible for fronting the cost of the device and cell coverage, they’re still happier using their personal devices than bulk IT department issued devices.	Retrieving Data Your BYOD policy should also address what happens if/when an employee leaves your company. Who will discontinue their access to your company data? Do they have their own phone number? What if clients were calling that number directly? In a sales environment, this is particularly risky. Suddenly, your ex-employee may become a direct competitor with easy access to your client’s contact info and vice versa.