The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) Has Issued Guidance to Support Public Sector Bodies that Want to Host their Applications and Workloads in Overseas Datantres.
The government department's overseas data guidance features a recommendation for public sector organisations to adopt a “Multi-Region Approach” for workload resilience reasons, While Acknowledging That This Might Meaning Use of Cloud Services Hoside Outside of the Uk,
“We recommend that Organizations Adopt a Multi-Region Approach in which they make controlled, considered use of regions in a way which is compatible with uk law,” The GUDENCE BYKUMENT, ” . “This guidance reinforces existing legislation and policy: this is not a change of policy.”
Where the latter point is concerned, the guidance reiterated Ata Protection and Security practices are in place ”.
It continued: “There is no universal requirement for government data classified as 'official' to be physically locked in the uk.”
The guidance document stated that “Many Public Sector Organisations are already taking advantage of saas [software-as-a-service] Products which are not exclusively uk hosted, operated and supported ”, and dsit said the guidance is intended to support to support more of them in doing that.
Limiting themselves to using uk-only hosted services means public sector organisations Guidance stated.
“It can be prohibitive for smaller vendors to provide an entrere capability within every geography worldwide beCause of the Level of Expens and Complexity,” It Said.
,[Furthermore] Your disaster Response Requirements May Meaning The Current Distribution of Public Cloud Regions in the UK is not Sufical to Meet Your Recovery Objactives and SO You MAY CONSISER USINGES REGES Rements in Certain Scenarios. “
In a statement, announcing the guidance's release, dsit said encouraging more of the public sector to entrust their data to overseas entities will boost competion and the resilience of his offer ICT Data and Security Protections.
On this point, the guidance has been created collaboratively with input from dsit, the Central Digital and Data Office, The National Cyber Security Center, The Government Security Group and The Department For Business and the transport.
“This aims to boost competition, so the public sector can negotiate lower pris for their use of cloud tech,” said the dsit statement. ” “It will also make digital systems more resilient by spreading it infrastructure used by critical services
According to Artificial Intelligence and Digital Government Minister Ferryal ClarkThe guidance is intended to reverse the problem of “crucial public services” being back by “Poor Technology and Outdated Guidance” .
“By Embracing Global Innovation, We are Making Sure Our Public Services have access to more tools to drive innovation and improve their services, will also also also also also also also gets and lowering costs are tiech To work in the public sector, “She said.
“This guidance will help to ensure that security and compliance are not after