The IA09 conference kicked off today with a heading of ‘The Critical Next Steps: Enabling Government Business through Information Assurance’. Sir Gus O’Donnell was first in line with a morning key note speech which reiterated the critical necessity of providing information assurance in government as set out by the National Information Assurance Strategy from last year. Sir Gus also hailed the joint industry-government Information Security & Assurance Board as a necessary channel for improving IA in public sector (on both sides).

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Nobody wants to look back; everyone wants to look forward and present their take on solving the state of the UK Public Sector. There are a myriad of amiable solutions, all underpinned by technology, available in the UK Plc. But the problem is that the public sector and the market place do not always conjoin in the what, how, and who of solutions, nor the wider social responsibility aspects of a public sector solution.
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