With increase in bring-your-own-device (BYOD,) among businesses of all sizes; data security, network security or web security issues have become more complex. The effects of extensive usage of tablets and smart phones can be clearly seen on organizations and the way they operate today. With more employees using their own tablets /smartphones at office for work purpose, the challenge for IT teams to tackle security risks has increased, creating the dilemma of whether the new BYOD culture is indeed a blessing or a curse in disguise.
BYOD no doubt is flexible and highly useful, but it also comes along with some grave challenges to businesses, like network threats, data leakage and bandwidth crunch. Under the BYOD scenario, the challenge to monitor all the various devices has increased. In addition to this some devices can also infect the entire network with malware /viruses.
Apart from security, the strain these devices can cause on networks is a cause of concern for many IT network administrators. Constant OS updates/upgrades, file downloads and data streaming, on these devices leads to huge strain on organization’s network resources; and with multiple devices in an organization, this impacts the network drastically!
Having a solution to deal with these new looming threats, on network security and bandwidth control, is the need of the hour. And Cyberoam UTM can help IT teams in this regard.
Cyberoam UTM’s unique Layer 8 Technology, allows network administrators to design identity-based policies, which extends throughout the network, irrespective of the device used by the employee to connect to the network. Along with Layer 8 Technology, Cyberoam UTM offers secure AAA (Authentication, Authorization, Audit) over a single device, allowing control and knowledge of who is connected to your network, using what device and what are they accessing. You can design security policies that allow you to decide, what each user /user group can access in terms of websites/applications over Internet and for how long, the amount of data transfer and bandwidth they can consume.
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BYOD no doubt is flexible and highly useful, but it also comes along with some grave challenges to businesses, like network threats, data leakage and bandwidth crunch. Under the BYOD scenario, the challenge to monitor all the various devices has increased. In addition to this some devices can also infect the entire network with malware /viruses.
Apart from security, the strain these devices can cause on networks is a cause of concern for many IT network administrators. Constant OS updates/upgrades, file downloads and data streaming, on these devices leads to huge strain on organization’s network resources; and with multiple devices in an organization, this impacts the network drastically!
Having a solution to deal with these new looming threats, on network security and bandwidth control, is the need of the hour. And Cyberoam UTM can help IT teams in this regard.
Cyberoam UTM’s unique Layer 8 Technology, allows network administrators to design identity-based policies, which extends throughout the network, irrespective of the device used by the employee to connect to the network. Along with Layer 8 Technology, Cyberoam UTM offers secure AAA (Authentication, Authorization, Audit) over a single device, allowing control and knowledge of who is connected to your network, using what device and what are they accessing. You can design security policies that allow you to decide, what each user /user group can access in terms of websites/applications over Internet and for how long, the amount of data transfer and bandwidth they can consume.
Image Credits :- ifindkarma
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