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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.
System vulnerabilities: the good, the bad and the ugly
I’m a Senior Security Engineer at the MOJ and part of a team of talented technology specialists using skills such as penetration testing, incident response, cryptology, vulnerability research, and digital forensics to keep our systems and services secure.
How to build and release a digital by default service in 12 weeks
I’m the Product Manager for the Power of Attorney (POA) refunds service for the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG). My team and I built a digital and assisted digital service (no paper version) to meet a need that hadn’t …
Guest post: So long, silos - how content collaboration helps users
When content is king, we have to stop thinking about departmental boundaries I'm part of a group of content designers from the Home Office who recently partnered with the MOJ User Centred Policy Design team to improve information for victims …
How we're saving money and supporting prisoners
At Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), we’re building straightforward, effective digital services to support reform, save money and increase safety in UK prisons.
Why we're creating IT policy in the open
At the Ministry of Justice we code in the open by default. Increasingly, we write IT Policy in the open too. We apply the tenth GDS design principle: improving our IT Policy in the open to make it better.
Using textual analysis to build better services
Earlier this year the Government Digital Service (GDS) ran a discovery on collecting information from users of services across government.They identified an opportunity to make it easier for service teams to improve and publish accessible forms. Following GDS’ findings, we …
Increasing trust in criminal evidence with blockchains
Over the last couple of years, there has been a huge amount of interest in blockchains - the technology underpinning electronic currencies such as Bitcoin. While most development has been in the private sector, we’re keen to explore their potential …
Try before you apply: prototyping policy
Digital teams often make prototypes when designing services. They offer a quick, cost-effective way to explore different designs and processes. Prototyping can also help policy teams understand the impact of their policies and how they can be translated into delivery …
Our diversity statistics
Our CDIO Tom Read recently spoke about why diversity matters to us, and what we're doing to encourage and develop this.
Non-transactional services: measuring the unmeasurable
The service I’ve been working on for the past few months is a bit different to most government services: it doesn’t involve any transactions.