With the latest technologies now being used both socially and within working environments, it is hardly surprising that a cross-over is occurring, whereby employees use personal devices to access work material at any time. This poses a whole variety of significant risks to organisations in terms of the potential breach of sensitive information. To protect themselves, it's important that organisations make sure that employees understand the implications, especially should there be a need to carry out a forensic investigation, explains Phil Beckett of Proven Legal Technologies. It was recently announced that the term Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) was officially added to the Chambers dictionary. This latest buzzword describes the scheme that allows employees to use their personal smartphones, tablets and other electrical equipment in the workplace. It also enables work materials to be accessed outside of the office domain and is evidently becoming a widespread phenomenon. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
