The bring-your-own-device approach to computers and smart phones gets serious attention from the security community. Security professionals see BYOD as an avenue for loss of enterprise data. So much so, BYOD has its own track for the first time at the annual RSA Conference. That conference starts today in San Francisco. SearchSecurity.com reports, security professionals are especially worried about Androids and iPhones. Several agencies, including the VA, are exploring BYOD.

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