This post is excerpted from BYOD For You: The Guide to Bring Your Own Device to Work, by Daniel J. Lohrmann. It is posted by permission of the author and publisher. All rights reserved.
Let's start by categorizing your BYOD situation based on your employer's approach to items such as company policies, security, reimbursement plan and use of mobile device management (MDM) software. I describe three common BYOD workplace scenarios as gold (the strongest, most in-depth policy), silver (some policy) and bronze (limited or no policy) and use these categories to describe other factors affecting your BYOD experience.