BYOD or Company-Owned? Choosing a Device Policy

The four device models for a mid-sized company, what each one controls and costs, and how to choose by role before you buy device management.

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What You’ll Learn

Personal phones are already part of how most companies work, whatever the policy says. This guide, built on Verizon’s 2025 Mobile Security Index, Palo Alto Networks’ 2025 device research and NIST guidance, compares the four device models a 200 to 2,000-person company can use: company-owned, BYOD with full management, BYOD with app protection only, and a managed workspace. It shows which model fits which group of people, what each costs per person, the controls that apply to all of them, what the written policy has to say, and six questions to ask a device management provider.

Why banning BYOD rarely works, and what to decide instead
Four device models compared: control, privacy, cost and weak spots
Which model fits executives, regulated roles, office staff, frontline workers and contractors
A per-person cost worksheet across all four models
The controls that matter in every model, and what to put in the written policy
Six questions to ask a device management provider