IT Baseline Protection Manual - Chapter 4.5 Working place at home - (Telecommuting)
4.5 Working place at home - (Telecommuting)
Description
If professional tasks are performed at home instead of a
company or institute, appropriate measures must be taken
to achieve a degree of security comparable with that
prevailing on office premises. A home environment does
not normally provide the security infrastructure present on
the premises of a company or institute. Visitors and family
members often have access to a home workstation. This
chapter describes the threats and safeguards pertaining
typically to home workstations. Such a workstation can be used, for example, by regular employees for
the purpose of telecommuting, as well as by freelancers and self-employed people.
Threat Scenario
The following typical threats are assumed as regards IT baseline protection of a working place at home:
T 5.71 Loss of confidentiality of classified information
Recommended Countermeasures (S)
For the implementation of IT baseline protection, selection of the required packages of safeguards
("modules") as described in chapters 2.3 and 2.4, is recommended.
The safeguard package for "Workstations at Home" is specified in the following.
Infrastructure:
S 1.1 (2) Compliance with relevant DIN standards/VDE specifications
S 1.7 (3) Hand-held fire extinguishers (optional)(optional)