notifications-admin/app/templates/views/security.html

{% extends "withoutnav_template.html" %}
{% from "components/table.html" import mapping_table, row, text_field, edit_field, field %}
{% from "components/sub-navigation.html" import sub_navigation %}

{% block per_page_title %}
  Security
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    <h1 class="heading-large">Security</h1>
    <p>GOV.UK Notify is built for the needs of government services. It has processes in place to:</p>
    <ul class="list list-bullet">
      <li>protect user data</li>
      <li>keep systems secure</li>
      <li>manage risks around information</li>
    </ul>

    <h2 class="heading-medium">Data</h2>
    <p>On Notify, data is encrypted:</p>
    <ul class="list list-bullet">
      <li>when it passes through the service</li>
      <li>when it’s stored on the service</li>
    </ul>
    <p>Any user data you upload is only held for 7 days.</p>
    <p>The Cabinet Office acts as data processor for Notify. Your organisation is the data controller.</p>
    <h3 class="heading-small">Data Protection Act</h3>
    <p>Notify complies with the Data Protection Act. To make sure it stays compliant, there are regular legal reviews of the service’s:</p>
    <ul class="list list-bullet">
      <li>privacy policy</li>
      <li>terms of use</li>
      <li>approach to data sharing</li>
    </ul>

    <h2 class="heading-medium">Technical security</h2>
    <p>Other technical security controls on Notify include:</p>
    <ul class="list list-bullet">
      <li>protective monitoring to record activity, and raise alerts about any suspicious activity</li>
      <li>using JSON Web Tokens, to avoid sending API keys when your service talks to Notify</li>
    </ul>

    <h2 class="heading-medium">User permissions</h2>
    <p>You can set different user permissions in Notify. This lets you control who in your team has access to certain parts of the service.</p>

    <h2 class="heading-medium">Information risk management</h2>
    <p>Our approach to information risk management follows National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) guidance. It assesses:</p>
    <ul class="list list-bullet">
      <li>how Notify is built</li>
      <li>the infrastructure Notify is built upon</li>
      <li>support for the Notify service</li>
    </ul>
    <p>This approach also applies to the service providers Notify uses to send messages.</p>

    <h2 class="heading-medium">How we manage risks on Notify</h2>
    <p>Things we do to manage risks on Notify include:</p>
    <ul class="list list-bullet">
      <li>formal risk assessments based on <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=56742">ISO 2700:2011</a> and National Cyber Security Centre guidance</li>
      <li><a href="https://www.cesg.gov.uk/articles/check-fundamental-principles">CHECK</a>-based testing, both annually and when any major changes are made to Notify</li>
      <li>residual risk statement preparation and active management of the risk treatment plan</li>
      <li>regular updates to the Privacy Impact Assessment</li>
      <li>security impact assessments</li>
    </ul>

    <h2 class="heading-medium">Cabinet Office approval</h2>
    <p>Notify has been assessed and approved by the Cabinet Office Senior Information Risk Officer (SIRO). The SIRO checks this approval once a year.</p>
    <p>Notify also has approval from the Office of the Government’s SIRO to host data within the EEA.</p>

    <h2 class="heading-medium">Classifications and security vetting</h2>
    <p>Any information in Notify is classified as ‘OFFICIAL’ under the Government Security Classifications Policy.</p>
    <p>All system administration staff working on Notify are cleared to Security Check (SC) level by United Kingdom Security Vetting.</p>

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