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So, what are some of the keys to secure teleworking?

Federal News Network Staff

October 21, 2008 6:58 am

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By Max Cacas
FederalNewsRadio

Keeping your agency’s network secure while expanding the use of teleworking by your employees aren’t necessarily conflicting goals. There are many agencies successfully implementing and expanding teleworking, and they say success is mainly a matter of good planning.

Ron Ross is a senior computer scientist and an information security researcher with the National Institute of Science and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

He was asked to start the Telework Exchange’s session on “Proven Strategies to Ensure Secure Remote Computing” with his top list of telework security priorities:

Setting strong policies and procedures dealing with telework.
Develop the means to protect the teleworker’s information and data.
Remote identification and access controls allow teleworkers access to their data, while securing the network.
Making sure that a home office is physically secure to safeguard equipment and data.
Full disk encryption in case the PDA or laptop is stoken or destroyed.
Training and awareness.
What are the rules and expectations for workers?
Make sure that all telework computers and BlackBerrys are operated under remote management services.

Ross also says he is opposed to workers using their own laptops and desktop PCs at home for teleworking, because other family members using the computer could inevitably result in viruses or other malware to be introduced into the agency’s network.

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On the Web:
Telework Exchange – http://www.teleworkexchange.com/

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