Realities of ‘Cyberistic' Future

Founded in 1990, Persistent Systems (BSE & NSE: PERSISTENT) renders software solutions to enterprises across the various verticals. With an experience of 15 years, Mohit Bhishikar brings in expertises from different sectors of the industries to use innovative technology for growing the business and create new business models.

- Mohit Bhishikar

Trends like BYOD, mobility and increased usage of cloud apps are resulting into unwiring the enterprise.

Here’s what my colleague Ken told me recently when I asked him if he would prefer to bring his own computer to work. He said, “When travelling, I use YouTube to watch news, post updates on Facebook for my friends and family, check out the latest scores on Sports sites. So I don’t want any restrictions when I am on the road. And I want a fire wall between my personal life and corporate data/apps”. He insisted on clarifying the value or incentive for employees to bring their own devices to work. These kinds of demands are already posing many challenges (and headache) for IT and InfoSec teams. On one hand, it seems like a great proposition to have employees to use their own personal devices to conduct business and reduce procurement or maintenance costs; it also poses unprecedented risks to the enterprise data that is on the move.

There is a need to create a robust approach so that information residing on personal devices is guarded against malicious intent or loss. No doubt that there will be increased employee dissatisfaction if there are more controls that restrain them but at the same time the Board, Shareholders and the Customers will have serious concerns for the business risks due to the absence of the same.