Remote Working

How NETconsent helps

• NETconsent electronic acceptance of policies at logon is by far the most practical, reliable and cost-effective method of ensuring that all users have read and accepted policies.
• NETconsent has a Policy Enforcement Point that presents users with policies appropriate to their method of remote access to the corporate network.
• NETconsent records information about when a user accepted or declined a policy, so there is no ambiguity over policy version control.
• NETconsent shows how well someone has understood each policy by testing understanding.
• NETconsent reports shows who has yet to sign up to policies without the administrative burden associated with more traditional record keeping.
• NETconsent provides real-time management reports showing overall levels of compliance crucial to improving governance.

Challenges of Remote Working

The increase in mobile working opportunities means employees can work almost anywhere at anytime. Whilst this has been shown to raise productivity and employee morale, it creates challenges for the employer.

• Remote workers moving between locations: home, office, airports, customer premises, hotels and even Internet cafés increases security and information assurance risks.
• Occasional remote workers may not be using company supplied hardware, so technical installations may be non standard and non trusted.
• Geographically dispersed workers makes communication with and integration of remote workers more difficult

Requirements for Remote Working

Whilst there are no specific regulations relating to remote working, policies and procedures of particular importance include:

• Health and Safety
• Data protection
• Security issues
• Financial issues (expenses, insurance, etc)
• Legal and contractual issues