Securing Client Devices for International Travel

a.    This Departmental Regulation (DR) establishes the policy for secure remote access to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) information and information systems prior to, during, and upon return from foreign locations.

b.    It is USDA policy to comply with Federal requirements to establish, implement, and enforce a policy on:

      (1)    USDA information systems that facilitate remote access from international locations; and

      (2)    The use of devices and removable media when used to remotely access USDA information systems from international locations.

c.    This policy supersedes the international use-case elements of DR 3580-003, Mobile Computing, dated September 24, 2013.