The Army will soon allow users to access classified info from home

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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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