Information Security 101 

Personal Accounts at Work Managing access to personal accounts (like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Drobox) on your small business network should be near the top of your acceptable use policy. It is important to identify security risks beyond the nuts and bolts of your network. Some of the least expected security failures can be allowing users to access their personal accounts on your company devices.  Business’s that have enterprise services like Microsoft Information Protection (for example) can maintain ownership of their information wherever it is. Those Business’s usually have IT staff to create/manage sensitivity labels to govern their data. If you do not have information protection management tools securing your information, I recommend including personal account restrictions to your acceptable use policy.

Sample Policies Acceptable use Policy Additional Information Webimp: Dropbox Business vs Personal The Affinity Blog: Why It's Not OK to Use Personal Dropbox Accounts for Work Transmit Security: Your employees’ private Google account put you at risk Google Enterprise Services: Block access to consumer accounts