Understanding BYOD
Recently, there have been several business, health, and environmental concerns that have caused businesses to consider allowing employees, contractors, or other individuals access to organizational resources with personal devices.
This shift, termed Bring Your Own Device (or BYOD), provides a lot of flexibility to organizations. It even can be seen as a cost-reduction mechanism (forgoing capital expenditure for devices or even reducing office space). However, it comes with a new set of risks and challenges. Securing organizational data is paramount for security professionals, administrators, and business professionals, and the introduction of personal devices that may be out of date or have been compromised by malware underscores the risk that these devices present.
However, Azure AD Premium features can help mitigate these threats as well.
Mobile device management
The more traditional approach to mobile devices usually involves some sort of device...