We hear a lot about the vulnerabilities of BYOD – or bring your own device – in the workplace. With many more companies maintaining hybrid work environments, having staff work partially from home and part-time in the office setting, bring your own device support is now more essential than ever. Mobile device attacks are on the rise as well, including not just smartphones, which people now use to pay bills, access bank accounts, and deal with a lot of personal data, but also tabs and laptops, which are used for work activities. Hackers are exploiting the vulnerabilities that these types of behaviors create, resulting in an increase of more than 20 percent downtime or negative experiences compared to just one year prior. With over 70 percent of those attacks considered “major” and more than 40 percent claiming to have been a significant attack with long-lasting damages, now is the time to get your company’s BYOD policies and securities under control.
What We Can Do
When you contact Synivate to discuss your concerns about mobile device attacks or to find new ways to more effectively manage the devices used within hybrid work environments, we will begin by providing a free comprehensive consultation to get things started. The more we can both learn about your existing network, security, and other policies within the Information Technology (IT) realm, the easier it will be to discuss the things that need to be changed or upgraded. Today’s businesses – including small and large organizations – have come to rely on remote monitoring and management services to ensure consistent and secure operations for their business. Some use it as a way of augmenting their existing IT department to tackle specific tasks, such as the vulnerabilities of BYOD, while others take advantage of the service to provide these services in general, as they do not have the manpower or resources to establish an in-house IT department in the first place.
What type of services do you need? Our team of highly trained and experienced technicians can assist you in finding innovative technology solutions for all of your concerns. We can offer monitoring and management services 24 hours a day, seven days a week and can create specific services for things like bring your own device support, backup and recovery strategies, and much more. Our monitoring services include regular updates for things like software, firmware, and hardware, as well as computer and network security issues, asset tracking services, overall system performance, and, of course, mobile devices. The more you can do to proactively prevent mobile device attacks, the easier it will be to maintain secure control over your company’s essential data. Today’s hackers only need a small foothold to gain access to your system – we work together to eliminate common vulnerabilities for better security.
Preventing Mobile Device Attacks
Some of the challenges faced by small and large businesses today is that they need to be up to the challenge concerning high-speed processing, new technology, and the use of mobile devices. This is true, not just in a remote work situation or hybrid work environments, but everywhere. Employees bring in their mobile phones and devices for personal reasons, as well as for business. Simply checking a personal email account, which might be loaded with spam, phishing attempts, and malicious codes, on the company server, could have the potential to allow a hacker into your business network. As with other types of security, employee education and training can play a significant role in preventing mobile device attacks and overcoming the vulnerabilities of BYOD in the workplace.
Whether your business relies heavily on mobile devices, including tablets, smartphones, and laptops, or if you are concerned about personal devices being used in the workplace or after hours, Synivate can help. These devices must be monitored and managed just like any other part of your network. Every single device on the network must be checked regularly for security risks and other potential issues to prevent larger problems and vulnerabilities within the overall system. Contact our team today to get started by calling 617-848-1248 and speak with one of our team members about your concerns regarding mobile device attacks and other potential system issues. We can provide you with custom solutions designed to meet your needs, protect your data, and work with your budget.