IT leaders at federal agencies have embraced increased use of mobility to transform their enterprises. However, as more offices have offered telework options and embraced bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies to varying degree, security vulnerabilities have also cropped up.
If IT workers are connecting to federal networks over their home or public Wi-Fi service and are using their personal mobile devices, they could potentially be exposing themselves and their agencies to security risks. As a result, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued draft guidelines last month for both users and organizations on best practices forimproving security in telework and BYOD policies.
“Organizations are realizing that many data breaches occur when attackers can steal important information from a network by first attacking computers used for telework,” Murugiah Souppaya, a NIST computer scientist and author of the guidelines, told Federal Times. “To prevent breaches when people are teleworking, organizations need to have stronger control over their sensitive data that can be accessed by — or stored on — telework devices.”
Public comments on the draft guidance were due on April 15. For the full article click here
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