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National Standards can be classified based on whether they are conceptual, rule based or value based:
- Principles - The defining characteristic of a principle document is that it is conceptual. It describes a target state or end goal without specifying how it will be achieved.
- Guidance/Policies/Standards - The defining characteristic of guidance, policies and standards are that they are rule based. The document specifies the rules to be applied to achieve a particular state.
- Technical Reference Templates - The defining characteristic of a template is that it is value based. It specifies exactly the values that must be used.
National Standards graded 4Pol are standards which meet the below criteria and should be considered first, before any other standard in that category, as they fit the National Policing Digital Strategy allowing forces and suppliers to converge on a single set of standards.
4Pol Criteria:
- Support minimum legal requirements where they exist
- Align with the National Policing Digital Strategy to ensure strategic alignment and design
- Align with the TechUK Justice & Emergency Services Interoperability Charter to deliver better data sharing, exchanging and exploitation
- Direct relevance and applicability to policing
- Represent best practice
- Able to be measured and achieved within the unique landscape of policing
National Standards graded MLR stem directly from legislative requirements, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) standards. These are National Standards which represent the minimum requirements to ensure that data and technology in use is operated in a lawfully compliant manner. These should be considered the baseline in applicable categories.
National Standards are divided into broad categories based on their focus. To recognise there is no clear dividing line, some National Standards may possess two categories, but the selected category reflects the primary focus of the National Standard:
- Analytics - Digital systems capable of creating actionable information from structured or unstructured data
- Asset Management - The way in which IT assets are acquired, used and disposed of
- Incident, Crime and Records Management Systems
- Digital systems used to manage policing and corporate records
- Cloud - Remote, off-premises computer system resources which host a range of functions across a potentially wide range of distributed sites
- Data - Information held in a structured or unstructured digital format
- Devices - Physical devices capable of viewing, changing, creating, distributing or storing digital information
- Digital Media - Media stored in an electronic format from any source
- Enterprise Resource Planning - Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the management of integrated business processes via a software solution
- Forensics - The use of investigative technology and methodology to gather intelligence and admissible evidence
- Intelligence Systems - Digital system used to view, change, create, distribute or store sensitive digital information
- Justice - Systems, technologies and methodologies used within the Criminal Justice System
- Mobility - Software specifically designed to run on a mobile device such as a phone, tablet or watch
- Office Productivity & Collaboration Systems - Software specifically designed to address specific business needs such as communication, collaboration, document creation and content management
- Operational Policing - Specialist operational policing functions
- Security - The technology and methodology used in the protection of digital assets and services
Tags are assigned to National Standards to help users find grouped / related documentation
NCSP Information Management v1.0
This Standard defines the requirements to implement Information Management as mandated in the National Community Security Policy. It encompasses the management of policing information within the OFFICAL tier of the Government Security Classification model.
NCSP Cryptography Standard v2.1
This standard sets out the Cryptographic Algorithms to be used within policing. A list of algorithms are provided initially followed by applications and the associated cryptography required for each application. Finally the standard provides some commentary on the emerging cryptography for post quantum computing and lightweight computing.
This standard adheres to the National Policing Community Security Policy Framework and is a suitable reference for community members, notably those who build and implement IT systems on behalf of national policing
NCSP Application Management Standard v1.0
This Standard is intended to guide the reader through the process of securely managing business applications both internally developed and externally sourced, regardless of whether locally installed or cloud based. Centred around stocktaking, documenting and actively managing those applications, this standard should enable the visibility of all business utilised applications, ensuring all are appropriately assessed for risk, appropriately licensed and managed in such a way as to not introduce cyber security risk going forward.
National Policing Community Security Policy Framework v1.3
This framework provides all National Policing and its partners with a clear guide of how information security policies and standards work in National Policing, the objectives of the framework, whom the framework and its supporting policy and principles apply to, whom has accountability for information security and risk and how policies will be governed.
NCSP Management of High Risk Applications standard v1.1
This standard outlines the minimum requirements and controls that must be met to ensure the secure management of applications identified as high risk.
Safe deployment of TikTok
This guidance provides an overview of approaches to deploy TikTok safely
NCSP Robotic process automation guideline
This guideline describes best practice risk management controls for using Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for the purpose of automating manual administrative overheads for National Policing Forces and applications
Robotic Process Automation Cyber Security Guidance
This guidance describes best practice cyber risk management controls for using Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
for the purpose of automating manual administrative overheads for National Policing Forces and
applications. This document only provides guidelines to automating manual processes and is not intended for machine
learning (ML) or artificial intelligence (AI) derived solutions. Please refer to separate guidelines and standards
for Digital Process Automation (DPA), AI and ML related activities.
NCSP MS Power platform guideline v1.0
This guidance is to assist members of the UK policing community of trust in the design, setup and use of Microsoft’s Power Platform service, incorporating Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Pages.
NCSP Vetting requirements for policing guideline v1.3
This guidance describes the requirements for access to policing assets including premises, information, and information systems. This document should be read in conjunction with the Statutory Vetting Code of Practice and Authorised Professional Practice on Vetting
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