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Managing Employees and Wearable Technology
This week one of our members expressed that their organization was struggling with how to adequately address wearable technology such as smartwatches and smart glasses.
Wearable technology in the workplace poses a unique dilemma for those of us in the ARM industry. How we address the ability for our employees to wear these smart devices in our offices will always start with having tight policies that protect us, our clients, the consumers and other employees.
Deciding which wearable devices are allowable and what the policies are relating to devices should be your first consideration. Those decisions have a direct impact on security and data management for your organization. Most ARM organizations have already banned the use of cell phones by all but a small, approved group of employees. The risks associated with cell phones can be applied to wearable devices as well. Smart watches and smart eyewear are often connected with the users’ cell phone activity and can record and take pictures.
ISACA’s (Previously known as the Information Systems Audit and Control Association) Phoenix Chapter Research Committee conducted a survey on wearable devices in the workplace and provided the below chart to outline the key considerations for the management of wearable devices. There are many things that should be considered when deciding to allow employees to wear smart devices in the workplace. This chart highlights the main four key areas of governance, data privacy, security and network/infrastructure impacts.
[Figure 8 – Key Considerations for Management of Wearables]
Keeping up with changes in technology is tough for most of us and wearable technology adds a whole new layer of risk. Your best defense will always be to identify the risks to your organization, draft tight policies and procedures that contain consequences for not following them, train your staff and then hold them accountable.
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