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12:00hrs 23rd December 2008
IA
Matters for Government (pdf)
An udpdate for Government from the Intelligent Customer Mechanism.
This edition includes news on 'common good' initiatives and, in particular,
on the Secure Data Transfer collaborative initiative.
12:00hrs 23rd December 2008
IA
Matters for Industry (pdf)
An update for Industry from the Intelligent Customer Mechanism. This
edition includes news on 'common good' initiatives and, in particular,
on the Secure Data Transfer collaborative initiative.
12:00hrs 15th December 2008
IADG endorses new topics for collaborative ICM treatment
The IA Delivery Group (IADG) adopted the ICM approach for delivering
'Common Good' IA capability at their meeting in mid September 2008.
At the same meeting it was agreed that Secure Data Transfer (SDT)
would be the first topic to be formally treated by the ICM.
At the November meeting the IADG commended the progress made and
endorsed the specific SDT recommendations put forward and requested
development of a more detailed proposal in time for the next meeting
in January 09.
The ICM – led collaborative approach has also identified further
topics which have been endorsed by the IADG for consideration. Treatment
of these topics through the ICM will be funded jointly by IATP sponsors
and OGDs. The CESG Systems Engineering team will now convert these
topics into a coherent delivery portfolio. The table below
has been determined from OGDs', and specifically CTO Council's,
input as the highest priority topics for required 'Common Good'
capability.
| New topics for collaborative ICM treatment |
| Remote access |
| Sharing beyond boundaries |
| Virtualisation and Data Separation |
| Multi Level Security |
| Convergence, VOIP & Unified Messaging |
| Collaborative Working |
| IA audit standards & tools |
| NGN |
| GSI/xGSI |
| Access control & access rights management |
| Identity Management |
| Service Orientated Architecture |
| Secure Mobile Communications |
| Trusted Computing |
| Off Shoring |
11:00hrs 15th December 2008
Secure
Data Transfer Initiative gets the Green Light
At their meeting in early November 2008, the IADG endorsed the initial recommendations of the SDT Collaborative Group, initiated by the CESG ICM team, which has been investigating the business needs and options for achieving a pan-Government Secure Data Transfer (SDT) capability. The SDT Collaboration Group has been formed with representatives from across Government (CTO Council, HMRC, DWP, MoD, GCB, IPS, Home Office, NHS, ONS, FCO, DCLG). Other departments also provided initial input (DCSF, Met Office, BERR, NPIA, MoJ).
Agreement was reached in principle among key stakeholders to work towards convergence on a reduced set of interoperable SDT capabilities, including a single preferred service for exchange of data with external organisations.
Although still at an early stage of developing plans and requirements, the collaboration group has identified some areas with potential for seeking new assured shared services or capabilities from Industry, including:
- Seamless interconnection and exchange between the existing
secure data transfer systems serving various communities over
networks in central government and the wider public sector, including
local authorities, health, criminal justice and the police forces.
- Packaged solutions for all organisations within or outside
the secure government networks, to enable integration and connection
with the proposed pan-Government SDT capability for external transfers,
which is likely to build out from the current Government Gateway
services including authentication.
- Provision of services to support secure document and message
exchange between individuals both within and beyond secure government
networks, who need measures to protect sensitive, personal or
'need to know' content where standard email or automated data
transfer remains inappropriate.
- Provision of application and connectivity services to support
knowledge management and collaborative working for communities
of interest both within government, as well as extending beyond
government ICT infrastructure boundaries.
- While HMG should in time minimise the use of removable media,
requirements for the exchange of data using assured and appropriately
secured removable media solutions remain, for the time being,
at various levels of protective marking.
08:00hrs 15th December 2008
Changes affecting the Information Assurance Technical Programme
(IATP) and Intelligent Customer Mechanism (ICM)
Changes affecting the Information
Assurance Technical Programme (IATP) and Intelligent Customer Mechanism
(ICM) (pdf) |