notifications-admin/app/templates/views/information-risk-management.html

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{% extends "withoutnav_template.html" %}

{% block per_page_title %}
  Information risk management
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<div class="grid-row">
  <div class="column-two-thirds">
    <h1 class="heading-large">Approach to information risk management</h1>

    <p>
        The information risk management approach taken by GOV.UK Notify is aligned to the guidance provided by the 
        National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) on GOV.UK.
    </p>

    <p>
      The scope includes the risk assessment of:
    </p>

      <ul class="list list-bullet">
        <li>the GOV.UK Notify technical solution, infrastructure and supporting operations</li>
        <li>the text message, email, and letter service providers used by GOV.UK Notify</li>
      </ul>

    <p>
      The ongoing information risk management activities include:
    </p>

      <ul class="list list-bullet">
        <li>formal risk assessments using a methodology based on 
            <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=56742">ISO 27005</a>:2011
            and supplemented by reference to NCSC standards and guidance documentation</li>
        <li><a href="https://www.cesg.gov.uk/articles/check-fundamental-principles">CHECK</a>-based 
            IT Health Check (ITHC) testing (annual and on major change)</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>
        <li>legal reviews of the service’s Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and Data Sharing and Financial 
            Agreement to ensure Data Protection Act (‘DPA’) compliance</li>
        <li>Office of the Government’s SIRO (OGSIRO) offshoring approvals to host data within the EEA</li>
        <li>annual reviews of the risk acceptance status with the Cabinet Office Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO)</li>
      </ul>

    <p>
      Controls implemented for the GOV.UK Notify technical solution and operational support team include:
    </p>

      <ul class="list list-bullet">
        <li>Data encryption in transit and at rest</li>
        <li>Protective Monitoring</li>
        <li>System administration staff SC cleared</li>
        <li>Service subject to Cabinet Office and GDS security governance</li>
      </ul>

    <p>
      Information within the GOV.UK Notify service is deemed to have a classification of ‘OFFICIAL’ under 
      the Government Security Classifications Policy.
    </p>

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