There have been 10 UK Government U-Turns so far in 2020. Each change will have had an associated IT change cost. This is my best personal assessment of what each of these changes would likely have cost. I will provide justification for each of my assumptions and will tend towards a lower possible range. I… Continue reading Calculating UK Gov Cost of Technology Change
Tag: Enterprise Architecture
Cloud Migration of a Legacy IT Estate
There are many things to consider when migrating a legacy IT estate to the cloud. The first though must be what are the motivations and expected benefits. Many organisations have many decades of developed software running on private infrastructure and migration to the cloud is something they think they should do. Migrating an estate to… Continue reading Cloud Migration of a Legacy IT Estate
Securing Smart Device Communication using ETSI M2M Service Capability Layer (SCL)
Smart M2M devices require authentication & registration with the mobile network. Standardisation of service is proposed by the ETSI Service Capability Layer deployed to the Mobile Internet Device / Gateway. Security between the network and the mobile internet device requires authentication, key agreement and establishment that enable M2M Service Bootstrap, provisioning and M2M Service Connection procedures… Continue reading Securing Smart Device Communication using ETSI M2M Service Capability Layer (SCL)
Moving Away from a Push Model for Enterprise Identity Architecture
The discipline of Enterprise Architecture and an architecture for identity management do not currently have a best practice. The TOGAF discipline of Enterprise Architecture promotes a holistic and systemic view for interoperable systems; these may be supply chains, business processes or identity repositories. The Emerging Architecture of Identity Management argues that identity management is based… Continue reading Moving Away from a Push Model for Enterprise Identity Architecture
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