Author: Des Ward
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Is OK good enough? – delivering the network platform for digital government
I read the announcement of the strategic move by GDS away from the Public Services Network (PSN) towards the internet (https://governmenttechnology.blog.gov.uk/2017/01/20/the-internet-is-ok/) with interest. Digital has matured The digital environment has certainly matured from when the PSN was conceived, and the opportunity for the public sector to use low-cost commodity Cloud services is not one to be… Read more
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Let’s deliver the real user need – safe not secure!
Is GDS addressing the user need? The latest update from David Mead on the alpha PSN Service Security Standards (PSSS) (https://governmenttechnology.blog.gov.uk/2015/02/24/changing-psn-compliance-your-questions-answered/) is interesting, and I’d like to compare it’s rhetoric with the recent State of Privacy Report (http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/about/presskits/b-state-of-privacy-report-2015.pdf) from Symantec. The major difference between safe and secure data sharing is a culture of do versus… Read more