Government Digital Service
Protecting UK Government domains
Turning a proof-of-concept toolset into a resilient, secure platform that protects .gov.uk and other national namespaces.
Proof of concept to production platform, handed over with no loss of knowledge.
Government Digital Service
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is part of the Cabinet Office and leads the digital transformation of the UK government, building the platforms, products and services that make government simpler and more joined-up — including GOV.UK.
The Domains Management team had a proof-of-concept toolset for finding abusive domains and tracking the public sector's use of cloud services. It needed to become a resilient, supportable platform — and extend to other national namespaces.
What we did
We joined the Domains Management team to support a group of Discovery and Alpha services, including finding abusive domains and detailed tracking of the public sector's use of cloud services.
We refactored the proof-of-concept toolset into a resilient and supportable domains platform, and extended its scope so other authorities could monitor their own namespaces, including .nhs.uk, .nhs.wales, .nhs.scot, .gov.scot, .gov.wales, .ac.uk and .sch.uk.
The product met its functional, performance, security and availability requirements, and was documented so it could be handed to a future team with no loss of knowledge.
Results
- Proof of concept productionised into a supportable platform
- Coverage extended beyond .gov.uk to NHS, devolved government, academic and school namespaces
- Clean handover to a future team
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