Definition

bring your own wearables

Contributor(s): Emily McLaughlin

This definition is part of our Essential Guide: Mobile endpoint security: What enterprise infosec pros must know now

Bring your own wearables (BYOW) is a trend toward the use of employee-owned wearable computing devices in a business setting.

Wearable technology includes consumer products such as fitness and health monitors, smartwatches linked to mobile phones, smart eyewear such as Google Glass. A move toward bring your own wearables will require companies to reevaluate existing device policies to accommodate the security threats, that wearables can introduce to the enterprise.

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