Nearly half of all companies in India have security policies prohibiting employees using their own mobile devices for work purposes,a survey has revealed.
A survey by IT security association ISACA polled more than 4,000 members from 83 countries.
ISACA's research shows 46%of Indian companies prohibit the use of personal mobile devices for work,with 56%of Indian IT professionals saying the risk outweighs the benefit.
This trend of resisting bring-your-own-device(BYOD)programmes was followed by Europe(39%),China(30%)and US(29%),the ISACA survey found.
Indian companies also scored the highest in blocking employees from accessing social networking sites from a company-owned device(58%)compared with China(33%),the US(32%)and Europe(30%).
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Some 45%of Indian respondents said their company prohibits employees from shopping online using company-owned devices,compared with 21%in Europe,20%in the US and 19%in China.
The survey showed a third of respondents felt business heads are not fully engaging in risk management and 21%said budget limits remain an issue in effectively addressing risk.
