Digitalization has also gradually arrived in public authorities. More and more government employees are using mobile or hybrid workplace models. It is therefore high time that public authorities also develop concepts for secure mobile working and equip their employees with the appropriate end devices and applications. However, this development is only progressing very slowly. Due to a lack of suitable and secure alternatives, government employees often resort to insecure communication applications such as WhatsApp or Telegram. These pose considerable risks to IT security and data protection within the authorities. <\/p>\n
In this blog post, you will learn how public authorities are successfully navigating the path to the mobile workplace, what to look out for and how mobile working can be designed to be secure and data protection-compliant in the future.<\/p>\n
Despite technological progress in public authorities, new technologies and IT concepts such as the cloud, artificial intelligence and edge computing are still underutilized. Yet it is precisely these technologies that can help to accelerate digitalization within public authorities. Cloud technologies are particularly attractive for mobile workplace models, as they can significantly reduce the load on government servers. In order to enable their employees to work efficiently and securely from anywhere in the long term, public authorities should at least look into some of these technologies. <\/p>\n
In the absence of secure alternatives, government employees are forced to use private devices and insecure applications such as WhatsApp or Telegram. This creates what is known as shadow IT. This not only violates the authority’s security and data protection guidelines, but also opens the door to cyber criminals. Security gaps in the shadow IT could allow them to infiltrate malware into the government network with the help of a Trojan and thus get sensitive government data into the wrong hands. <\/p>\n
In order to make communication in public authorities secure and efficient in the long term, a suitable communication solution is needed that securely combines familiar office functions such as email, messenger and telephony, calendars and document processing in one app. The more intuitive this solution is, the greater the acceptance among employees. A solution that can be used both on employees’ private devices (Bring Your Own Device) and on company smartphones (Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled or Corporate Owned, Business Only) is particularly suitable. Thanks to container technology, private and business data are strictly separated from each other. This means that you can communicate securely on almost any device, both for business and private purposes, without having to resort to insecure applications. <\/p>\n
When using BYOD or COPE concepts, data protection (GDPR) and data security guidelines (ISO 27001) as well as KRITIS requirements play an important role. Working from home and working at the authority must be subject to the same strict security requirements. In order to comply with the strict GDPR and KRITIS requirements as well as the ISO guidelines, even in the context of mobile or hybrid workplace models, the communication solution should strictly separate business and private data and applications on the mobile device. This allows government employees to work securely and in compliance with the GDPR while on the move. <\/p>\n
Digitalization has fundamentally changed the way authorities work and mobile or hybrid workplace models are part of everyday life in many places. Advancing digitalization and equipping employees with secure mobile devices and communication solutions can significantly reduce cyber risks and thus further pave the way to a secure mobile workplace. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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