IT Baseline Protection Manual - The Information Warfare Site

Threats Catalogue Deliberate Acts Remarks
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T 2.51 Poor integration of teleworkers into the
information flow
As telecommuters work primarily at home and are thus not present at the
institution on a daily basis, they have less opportunity to participate in a direct
exchange of information with superiors and colleagues. As a result, they may
remain partially unaware of certain internal affairs, which would lead to a
reduced affiliation with the institution.
Furthermore in case of an inadequate information flow, there is the possibility
that some information required from security aspects will be not be properly
received or will arrive too late from the teleworker . One possible scenario
here involves a delay in the forwarding of messages concerning computer
viruses.
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IT-Baseline Protection Manual: Oktober 2000