The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reinforced its ‘secure by design’ approach to cyber security through a new contract for supporting services with Logiq Consulting.
They have agreed on a one-year deal worth £5 million, which came into force in mid-October, for the company to support work on the key pillars of the design, policy, tooling and guidance in the programme.
Logiq said it will partner with Deloitte to meet the MoD’s requirements in further embedding secure by design, which involves alternate security strategies, tactics and patterns being considered at the beginning of a software design and the selected ones being used as principles for developers.
It has been working with the MoD since the early stages of the programme – which was launched in June of last year – and has helped to develop the portal that provides delivery teams and industry with key information to manage cyber security risks.
It has also helped to develop the Cyber Activity and Assurance Tracker (CAAT) tool to help project teams identify gaps in a programme that could result in a cyber risk, and to identity the outcomes they need to achieve and track relevant progress.
Integrating security
“Robert Guegan, principal consultant and partner at Logiq commented: “Secure by design is a pioneering and innovative way of integrating security into a complex organisation and is already changing the way UK defence deals with cyber security in all systems.”
“Last year’s successful launch was the result of 26 months of working with the MoD to develop the guidance, framework, portal and tooling—a collaborative delivery that was, at times, incredibly challenging.”
The MoD has been a leader in the adoption of secure by design in government. In December of last year it was mandated for use in the development of central government digital systems, and in February of this year the Central Digital and Data Office published guidance on its implementation.
