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Telecommuting has become a way of life as more companies allow employees to work from home doing jobs that might otherwise be done on corporate premises. As a result, IT managers are adapting security policies to encompass home PCs.
Last year an estimated 8.9 million telecommuters worked from home in the US for three or more days each month, during regular business hours, according to market research company IDC.
A quarter of them worked exclusively from home. At places where home-based work has become the norm, IT managers say a key concern is ensuring each telecommuter’s PC — typically granted remote access to a corporate LAN — keeps pace with office security guidelines.
