Two landmark publications: the State of Digital Government Review, and the blueprint for modern digital government are clear - cloud technology is helping to reshape how government works. With the blueprint setting out the long-term vision, and with the Government …
As the Lead Technologist in the Technology Management Team within the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) at GDS, I have over 20 years of experience in delivering digital transformation across the public sector, non-profit, finance, and consulting sectors. Last year, I was a core team member of the State of Digital Government review that was laid before Parliament in January 2025.
Learn about how the new cloud cost data solution from the GDS Cloud and Platforms team has been designed to enable greater transparency of public sector cloud spend and reduce costs of future cloud services.
Learn about why we’re creating the Engineering Excellence council, and what it will mean to the wider software engineering community.
This new delivery platform has enabled more efficient development by removing repetitive processes with a central delivery portal.
Find out how the Domains team planned and executed the biggest ever change to digital infrastructure with zero disruption to citizen services.
Email security policy for the UK Government has been fairly consistent for a while, so we were pleased when Google and Yahoo decided to tighten their email authentication requirements that align closely to our own guidance. One element that stands …
Every organisation has vulnerabilities in its digital infrastructure, including in its Domain Name System (DNS). In the Protecting Public Sector Domains team in the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) we work to identify and fix those vulnerabilities before our …
In an unprecedented age where secure and efficient collaboration is paramount, the Central Digital and Data Office has taken a significant stride forward by collaborating with Microsoft and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to develop comprehensive guidance for the …
Publishing a security.txt file to help finders report vulnerabilities has now been championed for use across government following endorsement by the Open Standards Board and the Data Standards Authority’s Steering Board.
An important update on work to remove gsi-family domains from the public sector including what to do if you believe you still have an active domain.
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