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==Criteria to consider when choosing a collaborative application==
==Criteria to consider when choosing a collaborative application==
When choosing or deciding which public applications to use for your work, consider the following excerpt from the Nation Security Agency's publication:
When choosing or deciding which public applications to use for your work, consider the following excerpt from the Nation Security Agency's [https://media.defense.gov/2020/Apr/24/2002288652/-1/-1/0/CSI-SELECTING-AND-USING-COLLABORATION-SERVICES-SECURELY-LONG-FINAL.PDF publication]:
*Does the application the application support end-to-end (E2E) encryption?
*Does the application the application support end-to-end (E2E) encryption?
*Is multi-factor authentication (MFA) used to validate users’ identities?
*Is multi-factor authentication (MFA) used to validate users’ identities?
*Can users see and control who connects to collaboration sessions?
*Can users see and control who connects to collaboration sessions?
*Does the service privacy policy allow the vendor to share data with third parties or
*Does the service privacy policy allow the vendor to share data with third parties or affiliates?
affiliates?
*Do users have the ability to securely delete data from the service and its repositories as
*Do users have the ability to securely delete data from the service and its repositories as needed?
needed?
*Has the collaboration service’s source code been shared publicly (e.g. open source)?
*Has the collaboration service’s source code been shared publicly (e.g. open source)?
*Is the service developed and/or hosted under the jurisdiction of a government with laws that
*Is the service developed and/or hosted under the jurisdiction of a government with laws that could jeopardize government standards and policy?
could jeopardize government standards and policy?
== References ==
== References ==
*[https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Publications/Shared/documents/itl-bulletin/itlbul2020-03.pdf Secure Teleworking Bulletin - NIST Publication]
*[https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Publications/Shared/documents/itl-bulletin/itlbul2020-03.pdf Secure Teleworking Bulletin - NIST Publication]