Public Sector Design and Compliance Services - RMADS

Maintaining control over the information held by public sector organisations continues to be a major challenge.

High profile losses of information have heighted public awareness and managers within the public sector are increasingly focused on ensuring that information within their area of responsibility is adequately protected.

Changes are occurring in Government Policy resulting in the need to review the technologies, information architecture and security controls deployed.

Changes are also being driven in information architectures for more joined up working and maximising interoperability (e.g. ISS4PS) or in some cases Government IT systems continue to be outsourced.

Benefits of Compliance

• Organisations have assurance that their security infrastructures are adequate, effective and well managed
• Risk Owners (SIROs) have confidence that they are executing their responsibilities effectively
• Expenditure on security is focused on reducing the risks in the most important areas
• There is confidence within the organisation that HMG policy is being adhered to
• There is confidence that any measures taken are in line with strategic frameworks e.g. ISS4PS or NPfIT
• Business benefits can be achieved through security measures such as remote access to information or effective interworking and information exchange with partners.

Service Overview

For public sector organisations, Teamwork can undertake the following activities:

• Evaluation of Requirements – Identification of Impact Levels
• Gap Analysis of existing infrastructure and processes against HMG Policy
• Infrastructure Design
• Integration with National Networks (GSi, GCSx, PNN3, N3 etc)
• Product Evaluation and Recommendation
• Risk Assessment
• Auditing against ITIL (ISO 20000)
• Technical Audits (Firewalls etc)
• Security Improvement Programmes
• Accreditation (development of RMADS)