Which Deployment Model Is It?

About this interactive

Three questions decide a deployment model. Who buys the device? If the employee does, it is BYOD, bring your own device: the cheapest for the company and the least under its control. If the company buys it, who picks the model? When staff choose from a list of approved models, it is CYOD, choose your own device. Choice raises satisfaction and cuts shadow IT, but adds models to support. If the company buys and assigns the model, may staff use it personally? Yes makes it COPE, corporate-owned, personally enabled: one device instead of two, with more room for abuse. No makes it corporate-owned, business only, with the most control: data loss prevention, managed patches, one model to support. A company-bought device that staff choose is CYOD whether or not personal use is allowed, so the cards that offer a choice belong there.

What you'll learn

Identify the mobile deployment model a company uses (corporate-owned, COPE, CYOD or BYOD) from who buys the device, who picks the model and whether personal use is allowed
Relate each deployment model to its security trade-off: company ownership gives control, while personal ownership gives the least

Aligned to

CompTIA Security+

4.1 Given a scenario, apply common security techniques to computing resources.

Key terms

Corporate-Owned: A mobile device deployment model in which the organization purchases and owns all devices, retaining full control over security configurations, updates, and permitted uses.
Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled: Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled is a mobile device policy where the organization provides and manages the device while permitting limited personal use, balancing control with employee flexibility.
Choose Your Own Device: Choose Your Own Device is a mobile device policy that allows employees to select from a pre-approved list of devices, each enrolled under organizational security management policies.
Bring Your Own Device: Bring Your Own Device is a policy that permits employees to use personal devices to access corporate systems and data, introducing security challenges around data segregation, device management, and policy enforcement.
Mobile Device Management: Mobile Device Management is a software solution that enables organizations to remotely enroll, configure, monitor, and enforce security policies on employee mobile devices, including the ability to wipe lost or compromised devices.

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