Best practices for securing teleworkers
User education, awareness and a mobile security strategy that extends to zero trust architecture will secure an agency’s infrastructure and data.
County’s telework success built on cloud foundation
When King County’s work-from-home orders went out March 3, employees were already accustomed to using Office 365 to work onsite, in the field or at home and to access all their files and get email phone calls.
Report Suggests Government, Companies Factor Permanent Remote Work into Future Operations
Remote work may be here to stay for a sizable chunk of the U.S. workforce.
When remote doesn’t work
State and local government finance and administrative departments are struggling to support telework.
How Social Work is Changing in the Covid Era
COMMENTARY | The pandemic has forced the entire social work industry to rapidly evolve and adapt to a virtual environment.
Long-term telework can expand recruitment pool
The dramatic expansion of telework driven by the pandemic could fuel recruitment of federal employees who live outside the in Washington, D.C., area, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said at a Nov. 18 hearing.
App helps manage work for remote staff
The Telework Tracking Application automates the supervision of telework activities, giving managers the visibility they need.
Connect2LACity changes a city’s attitudes about working from home
Within a few weeks, 18,000 city employees had secure access to the city’s internal apps and websites through any device.
The Lopsided Telework Revolution
COMMENTARY | The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated a transition to telework, protecting the jobs and the health of those whose work can be performed remotely. Creative policies in a post-pandemic world are needed to help more broadly distribute the benefits of increased remote work.
Keeping classified geospatial analysis on track during the pandemic
To continue developing artificial intelligence and machine learning applications to process geospatial data, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency found innovative ways to fill workflow gaps created by the pandemic.
DOD lays foundation for permanent, secure telework
The Defense Department’s Commercial Virtual Remote environment will need to go to a cloud security Impact Level 5 to support higher sensitivity, controlled unclassified information and mission critical information.
The Future of Work Post-Pandemic: We’re Not Going Back
COMMENTARY | Suddenly, the conversation about telework has shifted from “do we have the right technologies in place?” to “do we have the right people policies and training in place?”
AR-based prep helps soldiers get the most out of in-person training
When the pandemic makes learning at a distance a necessity, augmented reality may help the military maintain readiness.
865,000 Women Left the Workforce Last Month
Overall, 661,000 jobs were added in the U.S. labor force between August and September—but women still left it at alarming numbers.
The Federal Government Releases Tips For Secure Teleworking
The short guide from CISA offers quick tips and links to deeper resources for employees at every level.
How can zero trust help secure the BYOD workforce?
By reducing complexity with a unified platform and leveraging a zero-trust approach, IT teams can reduce risk and act quickly to efficiently manage and secure the environment anywhere endpoints exist.
Hackers pivot to attack remote workers
In the current work-from-home environment, attackers are trying more interactive techniques to throw users off guard.
Tips for Living Online—Lessons from Six Months of the Covid-19 Pandemic
COMMENTARY | It can get better.
Staying Cloud Smart in remote work environments
As remote work increases, integrating multiple clouds allows agencies to easily scale depending on workload and provides the transparency needed to enhance security.
The shift to telework: Advice and lessons learned
Establishing and maintaining a telework-ready environment that is flexible, reliable and secure is critical for agencies moving forward.
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