On the whole, SMEs have been keen to move their business operations to the cloud, while larger enterprises are strongly committed to their existing - possibly outdated - infrastructure.
French storage company LaCie, which counts security encryption products among its portfolio, has warned customers that it may have been breached by hackers for an entire year.
Ensuring secure passwords are used, and providing employees with software and services that promote security, can make BYOD the positive development it really should be.
Cybersecurity consultancy Hut3 has warned that most free detection tools being used to detect the Heartbleed bug are failing in their job, putting websites at risk.
A survey of businesses carried out by Intrinsic found that mobility is now considered the “fourth utility” among businesses but 28 per cent still lack a strategy.
The sheer number of sites attempting to revoke and reissue their security certificates following the reveal of Heartbleed could have an effect on the speed of browsers, say analysts.
IBM is looking to assure users of SoftLayer that their data will be safe in Big Blue's hands with new security and recovery services, announcing more protection options for 2014.