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Security baseline in the Public Cloud
Security baseline in the Public Cloud
With over 120 AWS accounts and counting, we wanted to ensure they all met a common baseline… so we wrote one.
Building a register of public-facing services
Understanding the scope of the citizen-facing services we provide is key to prioritising the things we work on, that's why we built a Register of public facing services.
Removing unnecessary processes the right way
Layering Robotics Process Automation (RPA) on the front-end of systems might be right in some cases, but not always. In this post we talk about removing processes the right way - by working with our users.
Predicting the future: researching users that don't exist yet
Since summer last year we’ve been researching the users of potential services to support Offender Management in Custody (OMiC). What’s the issue with that? Those users don’t exist yet. At least not in the roles and contexts that they will do.
Neon-Green Horns - International Women’s Day
I can't think of a time when my gender has had a significant impact on my career. This revelation has stunned every single person who has heard it. They've looked at me as though I've sprouted neon-green horns.
So is policy intrinsically a 'pink' job, and tech a 'blue' job?
So is policy intrinsically a 'pink' job, and tech a 'blue' job (bearing in mind that pink was a 'boys' colour until the 1920s...)? Surely not. This attitude is out dated, and dangerous. It has created an imbalance in society …
Building a truly inclusive culture
The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is #BalanceforBetter.
Cyber security and digital snack kiosks
I’ve always been interested in technology and seeing lots of news about cyber threats has fascinated me. However I felt that finding a career path into the world of cyber security without experience would be hard.
What has User Centred Policy Design achieved in the MOJ?
Since 2016 I have been doing my dream job - working with policy officials to build policy in a user-centred way. In fact, I’d been desperate to do this job since working in a policy role in Climate Change. The …
The Greatest Resources For Developers
The software development landscape is constantly changing. Focusing on just one technology, or even stack, can often leave a developer blindsided by a new approach, and there’s always someone claiming the latest shiny thing is better than an existing one. …
The Product Management Handbook for Government
Product management can be a vague profession, unclear to those of us doing it and misunderstood by our colleagues. So I wrote the Product Management Handbook for Government to help.