Communication compliance: Re-evaluating the two-phone policy

A security policy that creates more risk?

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Jamie Hoyle says while handing out "work phones" might seem like the easy solution to communication compliance, the reality is far from simple...

Providing employees with a "work phone," which for most is a second phone, has been a general practice for keeping work communications compliant. However, compliance fines on data protection are rife; GDPR fines reached €5.88bn by the start of this year. This implies the solution isn't quite living up to its expectations. Additional devices build a false sense of security that, in reality, drains budgets and encourages the exact behaviour it's intended to prevent. Overall, it creates more problems than it solves. There's a better path forward. Practical alternatives can strengthen ...

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