As the “bring your own device” (BYOD) revolution becomes the norm in many workplaces, there is increasing employee concern regarding their company’s IT department’s ability to access personal data while attempting to secure sensitive company data on the device.  A recent poll of potential BYOD users showed that more than 90% would opt out of participating in the program if they knew IT had access to personal data. With the introduction of new Mobile Device Management (MDM) tools, IT departments will now have the ability to lock down the downloading of certain apps, monitor time spent playing games or in the event of loss or theft, wipe the device including personal data. Divide may just bridge the “divide” between strict corporate data security policies and personal freedom.

Divide is an application that allows users to easily and securely separate personal data through the creation of a separate fully-encrypted workspace on your smart phone or tablet. Corporate data security policies are only applied to this separate workspace, protecting personal apps and data.  Users can securely access work email, contacts, and calendars while keeping their personal life private.

All Divide users have the ability to remotely locate a lost device, wipe sensitive data, manage apps, and view usage statistics from a web-based management console.  All applications in the Divide workspace benefit from enhanced security encription ensuring that personal apps can’t ever access company data.  This security benefits the users as all personal browsing and application data is protected from company IT managers.

With Divide offers an enterprise plan for business, priced at $5 per user, offering the enhanced ability to remotely manage devices, enforce IT policies and create reports, restricted to the company partition of of the device. Individual users who want to partition & protect their data can download Divide’s free basic plan.  With complete personal and IT cloud management, Divide may just be the next generation of enterprise mobility and the perfect solution for BYOD.

For more information on solutions for running your businesses’ technology more efficiently, visit our website or contact Megan Meisner at mmeisner@launchpadonline.com or 813 920 0788 x210.