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While some prefer to use the conventional acronym?s definition of Bring Your Own Device, IT managers all over the world are starting to refer to it as Bring Your Own Disaster. At first glance BYOD is a wonderful solution for both companies and their employees: Workers can use whatever device they are familiar with and prefer, regardless of format or operating system, and the companies get to save the outlay for purchasing these devices which in the case of a well-equipped iPad can reach well over five hundred pounds. Where the disaster aspect comes in is when the security aspects and the legal ramifications are considered, in which case we enter the territory of sheer nightmares.