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Organizations In Dark As Employees Party On With BYOD
GCN April 5, 2012
April 5, 2012,
Volume 170, Issue 1

"Organizations know that employee' personal mobile devices are sometimes getting onto their networks, but the extent of the problem could be worse than they thought.

A new study by the SANS Institute found that only 9 percent of organizations surveyed were 'fully aware' of the devices accessing their networks, and only 50 percent were 'vaguely or fairly' aware.

Meanwhile, organizations are scrambling to manage the risk, pursuing everything from user education and mobile device management to Network Access Control and monitoring, SANS said in announcing the study ..."

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