The Company Smartphone: Safe and Sustainable Use, or Is There Room for Improvement?
How is the smartphone policy within your organization? Is your IT team on top of the proper (personal) use of company mobile phones, or is this a topic that slowly slips away amid the daily hustle? Are the devices and their CO2 impact also included in your CSRD reports? What is the footprint of these devices, and how can it be influenced?
In short, it’s a topic worth pausing to consider—and a reason to bring in a professional to help safeguard data security and sustainability as much as possible. The Reuzado team has the knowledge and expertise to guide you!
Data Security During Use
The smartphone can be a gateway to sensitive company information. Think emails, but also documents that might remain stored “somewhere” in memory, contact details of business relations, access to servers, and even image files. Many employees now have dual SIMs, so even if the business number isn’t used privately, business data travels everywhere during personal time as well. Just slipping it into a jacket or pants pocket—only to quickly lose or have the phone stolen, along with all that sensitive data, posing significant risks. A watertight smartphone policy can prevent much trouble (data leaks!), as can the right software.
The solution: Engage Reuzado for optimal protection of your company data. We use the most advanced software and support your IT department with this challenge, allowing them to fully focus on their core activities.
And After…
Even after the usage phase, vulnerabilities remain. After decommissioning and replacement, it’s not uncommon for employees to keep the old smartphone (for a partner or children). Or the company might try to give the device a second life outside the organization—donating it to a local sports club, for example. But what happens to the sensitive company information on the device? Is the memory properly wiped using the “erase all content and settings” function? Or could that donation to the football club actually be a data scandal in the making?
The solution: Have smart devices professionally processed by a reliable partner like Reuzado. A specialist who works with the latest software, quickly and efficiently, and provides a certificate for each wiped device as proof. So you don’t have to worry about a data breach or media scandal. And through IT donations, we can even help ensure your decommissioned devices benefit local sports clubs.
Sustainability
CO2 savings is a topic not often linked to smartphones—but it should be. Just as with data security, we look at both the active use phase and what happens afterward. During use, data storage is key: many smartphones, especially those used privately, contain thousands of often duplicate photos and videos, rarely used apps, overflowing inboxes, and numerous functions that consume a lot of energy—mainly due to cloud usage, with data centers running at full capacity. By raising employee awareness and encouraging regular smartphone cleanup, improvements can be made. In the final phase, before the decommissioned device leaves the company and moves on to its next life, sensitive data is professionally destroyed to prevent the data leaks described above. Choosing the right partner also pays off in terms of CO2 impact. Reuzado contributes to CO2 reduction through secure and efficient data wiping, aimed at a more sustainable future.
Is it time to make your smartphone policy safer and more sustainable?