Enterprise security leaders have had to rethink traditional organizational processes to remain operational during the pandemic. Organizational leaders initially accomplished this through the broader adoption of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) practices to better enable employees to remain productive regardless of their geographic location. The rapid push toward facilitating this, however, has invariably resulted in companies sacrificing the security of user endpoint devices for increased usability in a work-from-home environment.
The statistics speak for themselves. Findings from techjury research highlight how BYOD increased in 2020: