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Three...Two...One...Get Hacking!

Posted by: jithinsajan, Posted on: 26 March 2024 - Categories: Digital skills

Don’t worry, I’m not referring to unethical hacking, this type of hacking can bring a whole host of benefits in helping us secure our digital future. If you haven't guessed, I’m talking about hackathons. But why exactly is this important …

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Secondments - a great way to enable new skills into defence

Posted by: jithinsajan, Posted on: 5 March 2024 - Categories: Digital skills, RAF

A modern, singular Digital Backbone is critical to secure our transition to a digital future and a key part of this is Our People. We need a unified workforce with the necessary digital skills and capabilities to effectively deliver and …

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Low Earth Orbit: The Future to Keeping Sailors Connected

Posted by: Tiegan King, Posted on: 16 February 2024 - Categories: Navy Digital

Within the rapidly evolving landscape of maritime technology, the introduction of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite systems is projected to be a game-changer for the Royal Navy, particularly for our sailors, as it enables them to stay connected. Most notably, …

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Planning Ahead for Onsite User Research in Defence

Posted by: Tim Farr, Posted on: 9 February 2024 - Categories: User Research

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail That's what a former manager used to say to me. Although I'm not a big fan of motivational workplace quotes, this one stuck because it's undeniably true. I work within the Digital Foundry as …

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Introducing a Content Toolkit for Defence

Posted by: J. Szymanski, A. Fielding and M.O'Donoghue, Posted on: 8 January 2024 - Categories: Design Thinking

  We have teams creating great content for their users. How can we share their ways of working across Defence? The content toolkit is a collection of tools for you to create and manage user-centred content. It will help people …

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Creating a place for data analytics

Posted by: J.Driscoll, Posted on: 5 July 2023 - Categories: Digital Foundry, Uncategorized

My name is Joe and I work within the Defence Digital Foundry’s Data Analytics Service (DAS). The Foundry provides user-facing digital services, plus enabling tools and platforms to help digital teams across Defence deliver better and faster. Its mission is …

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MOD are tackling Defence’s challenge culture head on

Posted by: D. Cottey-HIll, Posted on: 5 July 2023 - Categories: Cyber, Cyber Confidence, Uncategorized

Keeping Defence safe always has been and always will be a top priority for the MOD. One of the best ways of doing this is to rely on the help of MOD personnel, along with civilians and contractors who work …

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Secure by Design – a new way to manage cyber risk in capabilities

Posted by: Christine Maxwell, Posted on: 30 May 2023 - Categories: Cyber

Here’s what you need to know Secure by Design is a key component of how cyber security will be improved within the MOD. The culture and approach to how cyber security is addressed in capability programmes across MOD is changing.  …

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Definitive guidance for digital services

Posted by: G.Brown and M.O'Donoghue, Posted on: 23 March 2023 - Categories: Digital Foundry

The Digital Strategy for Defence makes it clear that: “people and process are as vital as tech for successful digital change”. To innovate the way Defence works, people need clear guidance that they can rely on and access easily. There’s …

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Making the MOD an information-driven organisation

Posted by: D.Hitchcock and G.Brown, Posted on: 6 March 2023 - Categories: Digital Foundry

The Ministry of Defence employs around 250,000 people and works with over 355,000 employees of partners and suppliers. It has established a vast amount of knowledge and information across the military and civil service, including in areas such as science, …

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