S&P 500 Beverage Maker Secures BYOD
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Bitglass BYOD security solution
- MobileIron
- SAP Afaria
Tech Stack
- ActiveDirectory
- Bitglass Omni Activesync proxy
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Digital Expertise
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security
Applicable Industries
- Food & Beverage
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Cybersecurity
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
The customer is a S&P 500 beverage manufacturer with a globally distributed workforce. The company has a significant number of employees who use their personal devices for work, making BYOD an important source of productivity for the company. However, the company had been struggling to implement a secure BYOD program due to concerns about the presence of corporate data on deprovisioned devices and potential privacy violations. The company had previously attempted to use MobileIron and SAP Afaria, two mobile device management (MDM) solutions, but these had proved challenging and had been adopted by fewer than ten users.
The Challenge
The S&P 500 beverage manufacturer was struggling to implement a secure Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program for its globally distributed workforce. The company's IT team was concerned about the risk of corporate data being present on deprovisioned devices. Initial deployments of MobileIron and SAP Afaria, two mobile device management (MDM) solutions, proved challenging and were adopted by fewer than ten users. Employees were concerned about potential privacy violations with the installation of corporate security software on their personal mobile devices. The firm’s IT team found it impossible to install and configure MDM agents on thousands of devices, given the numerous variations of operating systems and device types that come with BYOD.
The Solution
The firm’s CIO tasked his team with finding an alternative BYOD security solution that would be easier to deploy and would allay employees’ concerns around privacy. The firm eventually settled on Bitglass, choosing its BYOD security solution for two key reasons: ease of set-up and deployment, and complete workforce buy-in and adoption. Bitglass’ agentless approach to data security meant that there was no software or certificates to install on employee’s devices. Users simply set up their apps of choice and their devices were automatically configured to communicate with the Bitglass Omni Activesync proxy. This greatly reduced the burden of the deployment on the firm’s IT helpdesk. Bitglass automatically syncs with the firm’s ActiveDirectory, enabling straightforward and seamless user management. When users leave the firm and are removed from AD, their mobile devices are automatically wiped of corporate data, while all of their personal data is preserved.
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