Security Magazine: Smartphone Bans Are Taking a Toll on the Federal Workforce

Published by Mike Fong on February 13, 2019

As if changing missions, resource shortages and salary pressures weren’t big-enough challenges, many federal workers must deal with another hurdle that’s been largely overlooked: smartphone bans. Designed to keep remotely hijacked cameras and microphones outside of secure spaces and other work areas, smartphone bans leave many employees feeling hamstrung in their ability to do their jobs and isolated from colleagues, friends and family. As a result, productivity, morale and recruiting suffer, ultimately putting an agency’s mission effectiveness in jeopardy.