Specifically in section 8, from page 42 through 49, they describe the comprehensive standards, audit and certification frameworks that will be required to protect this next major phase of Cloud adoption.
CHI point to the number one risk issue cited by CIOs – Fears of inadequate data privacy protections, and they describe the various component parts what is required to address these risks including due diligence procedures and state of the art privacy controls.
Weiterlesen: CA: ‘Real Me’ as-a-Service: Cloud Privacy by Design for E-Health
Kim MacPherson says the Health Department contracted consultants who managed their own contracts and could access competitor information.
She says the consultants were part of project evaluation committees who recommended which consultants got work.
Weiterlesen: CA: New Brunswick auditor general finds conflicts of interest in e-health contracts
It’s been just over a year since the federal government began consolidating IT functions, but there’s still some uncertainty among companies that sell technology services and products about what it will mean for them.
The first in a series of roundtables held last week with the private sector didn’t clear things up much, says the head of CABiNET, which represents small and medium sized providers of IT and consulting services to the federal government.
Weiterlesen: CA: Small suppliers impatient over federal IT progress
This scale and these challenges has been very effectively discussed in this feature article from the Globe’s latest Report on Business supplement – Take Two Apps and Call Me in the Morning.
While it's been more than a year since the federal government created Shared Services Canada and announced plans for a massive consolidation of IT service delivery and IT procurement, members of the government reseller channel say they remain unclear what the changes will mean for them.
Weiterlesen: CA: Partners frustrated at feds' slow Shared Services progress