general manager of security at Dimension Data, also insists that simplistically “an infosec professional’s role is to facilitate the process of risk management and then implement the security controls that are required in order to achieve an acceptable level of risk. The mindset of information security professionals should not be to answer every request with a no, but rather to answer the majority of requests with ‘yes, and here is how we can do that safely’”. Yet nobody would deny a security breach can have negative impact across the whole organization, ultimately exposing it to liability and fi nancial loss. “It is within this context that the executive team must work to implement working practices that optimize information security while fuelling business growth”, Roemer advises, concluding “a modern security strategy is driven by the overall business objectives and information governance.”
Who’s the Boss of Security? So, to ask the initial question again, should the CEO be allowed to bring whatever technology he/she wants onto the corporate network? If not, who should have the ultimate power to tell them they cannot? Vlad Botic, technology innovation director at international law fi rm Norton Rose, is in no doubt that it’s a straight governance issue. “If the CEO wants to introduce a new piece of technology”, Botic suggests, then “he or she still needs to abide by the internal laws set aside by the IT department: compliance, risk and so forth”. Jeremy Spencer, head of corporate propositions at Orange, is equally certain that BYOD security has to be a top-down thing, with the example being set by the CEO.
“A groundswell will build if the CEO is allowed to use [their] own personal tablet device for work”, Spencer warns. However, as Neil Campbell points out, sometimes
there is a clear benefi t to certain individuals having access to technology that would, if deployed widely, create an unacceptable risk.
“The CEO may or may not be in that group but it could be that sales, R&D, marketing, or any other group should be using a certain device that isn’t appropriate for general use within the organization”, Campbell insists. Let’s not forget, most businesses are not run as some kind of democracy.
“The CEO should be able to bring in whatever technology he or she believes will help improve his or her day-to-day practices”, Kurt Roemer reckons, with the proviso: “as long as required security and privacy policies are enforced”. Ultimately though, it isn’t the CEO who
defi nes nor enforces those policies. That’s the job of IT and, as Roemer points out, “this clear line of responsibility is especially essential when leveraging BYOD”.
iPads Penetrate the Enterprise
Based on estimated fi gures, Apple’s iPad sales to businesses and governments reached $6bn in 2011. This number is poised to grow even larger within the enterprise segment over the next two years, with sales of iPads set to overtake Macs (fi gures in US$)
Source: Forrester Research, Global Tech Market Outlook for 2012 and 2013 (2012)
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