UKA Live: Is homeworking the new normal?

Homeworking in the public sector looks here to stay - so is now the time to underpin this with robust, enterprise grade home working solutions?

The public sector rose en masse to the challenge of keeping vital public services running during the pandemic. An incredible, rapid response enabled staff with 'normally' desk and office-bound jobs to successfully continue working from home within weeks - if not days - of lockdown. 

Our public services rely on real-time access to systems and vast amounts of data - much of which is highly sensitive - that is stored in combinations of private, public or hybrid clouds across the country. At the heart of the ability to work from lies the network connecting staff, from contact centre handlers to social workers or highways inspectors, to this technology and data.

But how robust are these today? Will the temporary measures spun up at the start of the pandemic last the transition to a new normal? 

Our expert panel will explore this cultural shift in our working lives alongside three key issues that underpin enterprise grade home working:

• Zero Trust Security
• Software Defined Networking
• Cloud Managed Networks

On the panel: 

• Gareth Bulpin – Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
• Nadira Hussain - Socitm
• Andrew Candlish – Cisco UK Central Government 
• Richard Archdeacon – Cisco Advisory CISCO
• Paul Berry – Meraki UK Public Sector
• Helen Olsen Bedford - UKAuthority

Be part of the conversation - join us live on 17th July!