67% percent of the people that own a smartphone, use it for job related activities.
The most popular pin used to protect those smartphones is: 1-2-3-4* *https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/news/148224-these-are-the-20-most-common-phone-pins-is-your-device-vulnerable
Your employees are already using their personal phones to:
Check their email
Schedule meetings and appointments
Edit patient data in your EHR (Electronic Health Records)
Access confidential company data in your intranet
Access financial data in your accounting software
Store their passwords for other sensitive company systems
And that’s not even the scary stuff. One infected employee smartphone could be how a ransomware attack takes down your entire company!
If you got scared by these numbers and facts, and you should be, then you know you need to do something about it. A very good first step is to attend our free webinar,
“Employee smartphones: How to create a secure BYOD policy”
Join us on January 27th at 1pm central time by registering here:
https://my.demio.com/ref/kegDKXirhi96NiYi
Don’t let unsecured employee smartphones expose your company to cybersecurity attacks or HIPAA fines. Learn how to create a BYOD security policy that protects your company and helps your employees work the way they want to work. The book includes model policy language you can copy to create a complete, HIPAA-compliant smartphone security policy for your company.
Better cybersecurity is worth it. The effort you invest in your company’s cybersecurity program will pay off by making your company more secure, more resilient, and ultimately, more valuable.
Getting a handle on employee smartphones is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to improve cybersecurity at your company. You already have all the technology you need to secure smartphones at your company. All you need is some guidance about what really works.
More good news: help is available, you can email me any time, and I’ll also show you how to get help from your own team. You will need to enlist all your employees and all your vendors to help protect your company. Cybersecurity is a team sport and you can’t do it alone.
Policies and procedures are hard work, but fines are much, much, worse. We at Matterform can do all the heavy lifting for you, all you need is to schedule a 20 minute call.
