Guidance and Resources

Using Cloud Services

The Government ICT Strategy and Action Plan to 2017 seeks to improve service delivery and deliver substantial savings across government, with cloud computing as a key enabler.

  • Why agencies must use cloud services

    Cabinet’s Cloud First policy requires agencies to adopt cloud services in preference to traditional IT systems because they are more cost effective, agile, are generally more secure and provide greater choice.

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  • Develop and implement a cloud plan

    Agencies must have a plan for how they intend to use cloud services. This section also highlights some of the ICT operating model changes agencies will need to consider.

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  • Adapt agency’s approach to enterprise architecture

    Integrating or adopting cloud services into an agency’s enterprise ICT environment requires some new methods, principles, tools and artefacts. These are needed to assist projects and ICT implementation teams to enable better business outcomes. They can be found in the Architecture Resources part of the Architecture section.

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  • Assess the risks of cloud services

    Cloud services, like traditional IT systems, come with certain risks. Here’s how agencies can assess these risks in a way that is tailored to their risk appetite and signed-off at an appropriate level. This section includes vendor responses to questions from the cloud considerations document.

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  • Design for and implement security controls for cloud services

    To reduce time and effort for agencies, this section contains the security guidance currently available for major public cloud services. It also describes all guidance in development, including guidance on office productivity services.

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  • Purchasing cloud services

    DIA has negotiated commercial agreements with major cloud services providers on behalf of agencies. Purchasing cloud services will soon be even easier through the Public Cloud ICT Marketplace (coming in the second half of 2017). 

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  • Additional background information

    A twelve-month programme of work was implemented to accelerate the adoption of public cloud services.  As part of this Programme, early adopters of cloud services were showcased.  Information about the Programme and Cabinet decisions in relation to cloud services generally is available here.

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Page last updated: 14/02/2017