https://www.armytimes.com/2020/06/22/the-army-will-soon-allow-users-to-access-classified-info-from-home/
By Andrew Eversden
Army Times
6/22/2020
The Army is expected to roll out a capability that will allow employees to
remotely access sensitive and classified information in the next 30 days.
The decision to establish remote classified access comes as the COVID-19
pandemic continues to keep Americans working from home and military leaders
prep for a second wave of the virus in the fall.
The new capability will allow remote users to access non-classified but
sensitive information as well as classified information up to the secret level
from remote locations, including at home, Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett, the
commander of Network Enterprise Technology Command, told C4ISRNET in a
statement.
The Army will be onboarding the first 500 users in the next 30 days, and it
plans to eventually scale up to 2,000 users, according to Barrett. NETCOM is
working with the Army CIO/G-6 and 7th Signal Command — which is responsible for
defending Army networks in the United States — to gather “user requests for
prioritization,” Barrett said, adding that the environment is “currently
operational with initial onboarding and testing.”
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