There's still a security disconnect on BYOD

Computerworld - Corporate employees -- and to a lesser extent IT managers -- are taking a surprisingly lax approach towards security issues raised by the business use of personally owned smartphones and other mobiles devices, according to two surveys.

The surveys found that most companies have adopted policies governing the use of personally owned mobile devices, though less than one in five companies said they have controls in place for enforcing those policies.

Enterprise users were found to be deeply suspicious of any IT effort to implement security controls on their devices. In fact, many said they would choose not to bring personal devices to the workplace if employers planned to install security software on them.

Security vendor Webroot commissioned Harris Interactive to conduct two surveys.

Computerworld - Corporate employees -- and to a lesser extent IT managers -- are taking a surprisingly lax approach towards security issues raised by the business use of personally owned smartphones and other mobiles devices, according to two surveys.

The surveys found that most companies have adopted policies governing the use of personally owned mobile devices, though less than one in five companies said they have controls in place for enforcing those policies.

Enterprise users were found to be deeply suspicious of any IT effort to implement security controls on their devices. In fact, many said they would choose not to bring personal devices to the workplace if employers planned to install security software on them.

Security vendor Webroot commissioned Harris Interactive to conduct two surveys.