As we've all seen, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) made its way rather quickly into the public sector, and the challenges of implementing within government agencies has been well documented. In order to help agencies face these challenges, GovLoop recently conducted a survey & released "Exploring Bring Your Own Device in the Public Sector". The report highlights challenges for implementing a BYOD initiative and best practices, and it also provides insights from industry and government experts related to mobility and BYOD.
Included in the report, David Graziano, Director, Security and Unified Access, U.S. Public Sector, Cisco, recently spoke with Pat Fiorenza of GovLoop on the current state of BYOD in government. David stressed that while challenges still remain for BYOD it's one of the most important trends impacting government agencies. He advised that agencies must embrace BYOD and act on it along with their other mobility initiatives.
Not only does BYOD optimize business lines to workforce productivity and morale, but it's becoming a necessity for recruitment, as a new demographic of employees enter the workforce and expect to be mobile and access information on any device, any time anywhere.
Looking to bring BYOD into your agency? Here are five steps outlined to help you get started.
As the mobile boom continues, and agencies work towards delivering improved services, BYOD initiatives will play a critical role in transforming government operations and service delivery.
Have you faced your own challenges in implementing BYOD? Have other best practices? We would love to hear and share them.