BYOD should stand for bring your own disaster, according to Microsoft ransomware data

Microsoft research says that 80-90 percent of ransomware attacks over the past year originated from unmanaged devices. Organizations that welcome a "bring your own device" (BYOD) policy are opening up their networks to serious attacks due to personal devices brought in from home typically lacking adequate security measures. …

[Anonymous Coward]

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[chivo243]

We want royalties!

Me and a colleague were tasked with brainstorming the idea of a BYOD model many years ago. We titled the draft doc Bring Your Own Disaster, who do I speak with as M$?

[Doctor Syntax]

"Some take the stance that it can never match the security levels of a fully managed and provisioned approach"

I have a feeling that this also describes quite a few businesses' entire IT operations without users' additions.

[TimMaher]

Slightly off grid.

In earlier days, when BYOD was a newish thing, I found that one of the biggest problems was the end user expecting support for their “OkeyCokey 2010” model crap phone or whatever. They’d drive first and second line absolutely bonkers.

[very cowardly anonymous]

Someone call Captain Obvious.

Also - could someone remind the C* suits that the main attack vector is:

AD+exchange+outlook?

If you want a secure IT - best to get rid of that and then worry about everything else..

[Anonymous Coward]

Who could have predicted that allowing users to bring their own piece of crap riddled with spyware, malware, pirated software, pr0n, outdated OS, AV, dodgy websites and personal email accounts could have lead to security nightmares...

[jake]

Duh!

As I've been saying since at least mid-2012, BYOD actually stands for Break Your Own Defenses

One wonders how many emails world-wide are being opened at home (or down the pub) as I type that would get the user fired if he printed it out and tried to carry it out of his office at knocking-off time ...

[ecofeco]

It always did

See title.

[45RPM]

There were very good reasons to permit BYOD in the past, and those reasons were mainly down to the dominance of Windows and the difficulty of finding admins who were skilled in the management of Linux / Unix / Mac computers.

Years ago I had a job writing software for Vaxen, and I really wasn’t prepared to fart around with Windows on my desktop machine. I gave my employer an ultimatum - either let me bring my own machine to work on (a blue and white G3 running macOS 8.6 for those who are wondering) or find someone else to do program your Vaxen. Thankfully, they saw sense.

Nowadays, non Windows machines are so common that the skills to administer are also common, and non Windows machines can also be purchased with business friendly deals. And now my employer is quite happy to buy me (and my entire team) Macs. So no need for BYOD any more.