Regulatory compliance is not an option – it is a cold, hard necessity. Security breaches can bring serious consequences. Failing audits can cause career setbacks. In the past, enterprises could think about security strictly in terms of centralized desktops and mainframes safely within robust corporate firewalls. But the same sensitive data that is protected by firewalls and intrusion protection systems in the corporate data center is increasingly showing up on unprotected mobile and remote computers.

Telework Exchange, a public-private partnership focused on telework in government, today announced the results of the Federal telework investment study, “What’s in Your Portfolio? Federal Telework Investment Roadmap.” The study reveals that telework is becoming a significant Information Technology (IT) purchasing factor in the Federal government with 52 percent of Federal IT decision makers reporting they consider telework requirements when making IT infrastructure decisions.

Telework Exchange, a public-private partnership focused on telework in government, today announced the results of the “Out of the Office: Federal Mobile Workforce Trends” study. The study reveals 82 percent of polled Feds spend work time outside of the office each month (includes telework, travel, meetings in other locations, etc.) and 29 percent say they spend more time working outside of the office today than they did this time last year. Further, Federal employees who use a smartphone for work purposes report an average time savings/productivity gain of 54 minutes per day.

For today’s computing environments, there is little question that endpoint security is a required component of an overall enterprise security strategy. On one hand, various trends fostering user mobility ensure that many endpoints will frequently be exposed directly to the Internet. On the other hand, even when they are operating on the LAN, endpoints are still being exposed to numerous threats, both from other internal sources as well as from external sources that are all too often demonstrating the ability to penetrate or otherwise circumvent an enterprise’s perimeter defenses.

• Tim Schmidt, Chief Technology Officer, Transportation

• David Moshenberg, Senior Enterprise Architect, AT&T

THINKstrategies has found a growing level of adoption and interest in a new generation of ‘on-demand,' ‘cloud-computing,' pay-as-you-go services aimed at helping companies grapple with a wide array of business and information technology (IT) challenges.

Professional Social Networks announced that it has launched a mobile version of CIOZone^TM, providing chief information officers and IT executives with access to the latest technology news and research directly from their mobile devices. See ciozone.com/mobile for a live demo.

Until now, defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies that wanted to transmit classified voice, video, and data over wireless networks had to deploy a purpose-built National Security Agency (NSA)-certified Type-1 wireless solution. But purchasing and operating separate wireless networks for classified and unclassified clients increases equipment and operational costs. It also prevents the Type-1 wireless clients from taking advantage of the built-in capabilities of enterprise-class wireless infrastructure, such as intrusion detection, location tracking, and network management.

Higher productivity means a lower cost of doing business. Surveys show that workers put in more hours and produce better results when they can work at home, check email and edit documents in airports and hotels, and download data and documents in customer offices. A Dell study found that employees given laptops increased productivity by 7.7 hours per week over comparable workers with desktop computers.

Businesses today have reached a tipping point where a majority of the workers are mobile, or soon will be. It's time now for a set of best practices and solutions specifically aimed at managing the mobile computing environment. Our lives are becoming more flexible and mobile, so are our work lives. Mobility isn't limited to classic road warriors. Mobile work practices now encompass telecommuters who work from home; office workers who carry notebook PCs into conference rooms for meetings; employees in remote field offices; and day extenders who put in a few extra hours of work at home.

Telework Exchange will host the Spring Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 to discuss best practices in telework, how to utilize existing resources to build a telework program, as well as how agencies are establishing and expanding telework programs within the Federal government.

Telework Exchange, a public-private partnership focused on telework in government, today announced the results of the Federal telework investment study, “What’s in Your Portfolio? Federal Telework Investment Roadmap.” The study reveals that telework is becoming a significant Information Technology (IT) purchasing factor in the Federal government with 52 percent of Federal IT decision makers reporting they consider telework requirements when making IT infrastructure decisions.

Telework Exchange, a public-private partnership focused on telework in government, today announced the results of the “Out of the Office: Federal Mobile Workforce Trends” study. The study reveals 82 percent of polled Feds spend work time outside of the office each month (includes telework, travel, meetings in other locations, etc.) and 29 percent say they spend more time working outside of the office today than they did this time last year. Further, Federal employees who use a smartphone for work purposes report an average time savings/productivity gain of 54 minutes per day.

• Dr. James Ransome, CISSP, CISM, Senior Director, Secure Unified Wireless and Mobility Solutions, Corporate Security Programs and Global Government Solutions, Cisco Systems, Inc.
• Ken Halley, CEO, Gideon Technologies

• Pamela Budda, Work/Life Program Manager, Department of Labor
• Kelley Pettit, Regional Administrator, Department of Labor – Dallas
• Janie Rangel, Human Resource Officer, Department of Labor – Dallas
• John Speicher, Industry Solutions Manager, Cisco

1,250,980 Federal employees are eligible to telework, and the number is growing, making mobile data security a top concern for Federal agencies. This report examines Federal teleworker, non-teleworker, and IT executive attitudes toward wireless Internet and the state of wireless Internet security.

For today’s computing environments, there is little question that endpoint security is a required component of an overall enterprise security strategy.1 On one hand, various trends fostering user mobility ensure that many endpoints will frequently be exposed directly to the Internet.