How good is your ICT service?
Does your ICT service deliver value for money? Does it enable and support change in the organisation? Is it efficiently run? Is it pro-active in seeking out the most appropriate technical solutions to meet business needs? And how can you tell?
Business continuity - putting information at the heart of the plan
Managing and assuring information is becoming an increasingly critical part of business continuity. Does the Council of the Future focus pur planning not so much on the protection of the physical asset as the protection of the information asset?
The Civil Contingencies Act and how to respond to it
The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 is intended to deliver “a single framework for civil protection in the United Kingdom capable of meeting the challenges of the twenty-first century”.
Information Assurance and the resilience agenda
For local government today, Information Assurance is inextricably linked to and overlaps with risk management, legislative compliance, security, business continuity, disaster recovery and resilience. It is also – and we should never lose sight of this – critical to customer service. This briefing for senior management and responsible officers argues that addressing these issues is a strategic priority, explains why a holistic approach is crucial and highlights the principles that will underpin success.
Regional disaster recovery strategic review
The project issues
The Heads of IT in seven public authorities in West Yorkshire jointly commissioned a major strategic review to assess and benchmark the current status of IT Disaster Recovery Planning in the region. Our responsibilities included the production of an influential report which highlighted the strategic options for developing joint capabilities to achieve regional resilience.
The objectives of this assignment were to:
Business continuity report
Business Continuity Management Plan
Our services
Socitm Consulting brings best practice from the public and private sectors, and a range of services developed over the years to best meet the needs of our public sector clients.
Our track record shows us to be capable of delivering successful outcomes that address the increasing rate of change and citizens’ demands for better services, and that we can operate effectively at every level in the stakeholder community to deliver what’s required.