By Lauren C. Williams
Oct 29, 2020
While the Defense Department plans to beef up its primary telework platform, the Commercial Virtual Remote (CVR) environment, by next summer, it is also working on a more secure version, according to John Sherman, DOD s principal deputy CIO.
The Defense Department rolled out CVR earlier this year to accommodate teleworking in response to the pandemic. So far, over a million users are using it for telework, collaboration, calls and video conferences, but a permanent version of the Office 365-based capability is required to support higher-sensitivity, controlled unclassified information and mission critical information, Sherman said Oct. 28 during C4ISRNET s CyberCon event.