Experts Provide Guidance on Connecting Personal Smartphones to Corporate Networks

Arlington, Va. (January 5, 2012) — With employees demanding the ability to use their personal smartphones and tablets for business purposes and employers looking for new ways to reduce cost and increase productivity, the trend towards “dual-use devices” in the workplace will undoubtedly continue to pick up stream.

However, permitting employees to use their personal devices for work has wide-ranging implications for the organization that can be ignored only at the employer’s peril. Employers, for example, need to consider:

• The potential impact on their organization’s information security programs
• Employers’ ability to conduct internal investigations
• Protection of confidential business information
• Preservation and collection of evidence for litigation 

Adequately managing the risks associated with dual-use devices requires a combination of proactive technical measures and forward-looking policy writing.

Join Michael J. McGuire, Shareholder and Chief Information Security Officer at Littler Mendelson and Philip L. Gordon, Shareholder and Chair, Privacy and Data Protection Practice Group at Littler Mendelson, on January 11th for The Challenges of Bring Your Own Device-BYOD-to Work Policies.

This webinar will provide practical recommendations for both employers and employees so your organization understands the risks of saying “yes” to requests from C-level executives or department chiefs to connect their smartphones or tablets to the corporate network.

Attendees to this webinar will also receive 1.0 CPE or 1.5 HRCI credits.

About the Speakers:

Michael J. McGuire is a Shareholder in the Minneapolis office and is also the firm’s Chief Information Security Officer. Michael is also a member of the firm's eDiscovery Practice Group, which was created to reinforce the firm's commitment to providing its clients with cutting-edge solutions in the rapidly-developing and challenging area of electronic discovery. He advises the firm's lawyers and their clients on electronic discovery issues, including the preservation, collection, review, and production of electronically stored information.

He has represented companies in both state and federal courts and has served as trial counsel in jury trials.

Philip L. Gordon has years of experience litigating privacy-based claims and counseling clients on all aspects of workplace privacy and information security.

He also has substantial experience representing employers in disputes involving misappropriation of trade secrets, claims of unfair competition and charges of wrongful termination. In addition, he regularly counsels businesses on compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act's Accessibility Guidelines and frequently defends businesses against claims of public accommodation discrimination.

The chair of Littler's Privacy and Data Protection Practice Group, Philip writes extensively on workplace privacy issues and has given dozens of presentations on the topic. He is the principal author of Littler’s workplace privacy blog, located at www.workplaceprivacycounsel.com. He taught privacy and data protection law as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado School of Law in 2004 and 2005. Prior to joining Littler, he was an associate and partner at two other law firms. He served as a judicial clerk on the United States Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit.

The Challenges of Bring Your Own Device-BYOD- to Work Policies takes place January 11, 2012, from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM, ET. To register for this webinar and obtain further information about CPE or HRCI credits, go to http://www.bna.com/own-device-19107/ utm_source=newswire&utm_medium=PR&utm_content=HR&utm_campaign=BYOD or call 1.800.372.1033, Option 6, then Option 1.

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