Securing development in an agile environment
...go hand in hand Done well, agile development and operations go hand in hand with secure systems. Security teams often rely on speed and transparency and this means involving many...
Transformation
Why ‘security says no’ won't cut it anymore
I spoke recently at the Business Reporter’s Data Security in the Cloud event about how security has changed to face the reality of the modern internet era. The old world of assurance and compliance and ‘security says no’ won't cut …
Our approach to APIs: the basics
As outlined recently by our executive director Stephen Foreshew-Cain in his vision for 2030, “platform thinking” is going to become a key part of government. We’re seeing this happen with the emergence of platforms such as GOV.UK Verify, GOV.UK Notify, …
Digital Marketplace: moving from portal towards a platform
G-Cloud 8 has just opened for supplier applications on the Digital Marketplace. From a supplier’s point of view the application process is much the same as previous frameworks but behind the scenes a huge amount of technical change has taken …
Reporting back on the tech and data standards unconference
Last week, the Government Digital Service held its first community ‘unconference’ on the topic of technical and data standards within government. The event was a great success both in terms of turnout and participation. Over 70 government technologists came together …
The role of an architect in discovery
Last year GDS did a lot of discovery work. As well as ongoing work evaluating what was next for many of the things we were already doing, we built teams exploring possibilities for new platforms, and we worked with colleagues …
Guaranteeing the integrity of a register
Last month we blogged about registers: authoritative lists you can trust. To recap, a register is a canonical source of data, with a clearly-defined custodian.
A frontend crammer
I’ve spent the past few months as part of a team working within the Land Registry alpha. Part of your role as a GDS person within an exemplar is to help existing staff work in new ways and pick up …
Using Mustache with the Play Framework
One of the more interesting stories that came out of our work on Individual Electoral Registration (IER) was our adoption of Mustache, a logic-less templating language.
Under the hood of IER
Last month we launched the new online electoral registration service. This is the digital part of the wider Individual Electoral Registration (IER) policy. Pete has already blogged about how we engaged with lawyers while developing the service. In this post …
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