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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)
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