Summary: Allow personal devices only for approved work, through approved apps, and when the device meets your security requirements. Use company-owned devices for administration, sensitive work, or jobs that require large amounts of data to be stored locally.Employees often use personal devices for work before the business has made a decision about it. They add work email to a phone, download a file to a home laptop, or sign into a company app from a computer shared with family.Once business data is stored on a personal device, you have less control over updates, installed apps, backups, and who else uses the device. You also need a way to remove company data when the employee leaves or the device is lost.Personal devices can be allowed, but the business should decide which devices, applications, and types of work are permitted.What BYOD includesBring your own device, usually shortened to BYOD, means an employee
