Information WGs
The Team Defence Information Task Force sponsors and facilitates a number of Working Groups, each focused on a specific aspect of collaborative information sharing. Their purpose is to identify and progress issues – and to develop advice and guidance for the benefit of Team Defence. Representation includes UK Ministry of Defence (and other Government Departments where appropriate) as well as industry. Participation is open to representatives from TD-Info member organisations and others by invitation.
INFORMATION PROJECTS
Community established for those interested in the definition, planning, delivery and exploitation of Information Projects.
MOD Defence Digital & its Services to Industry Customers
Industry is a significant customer of MOD’s Defence Digital (formerly ISS) with circa 120,000 users on the MOD network. This section covers aspects relating to Defence Digital while the Industry Customers Engagement Forum meets regularly with representatives of Defence Digital to review jointly, and take appropriate actions on, issues arising from current changes being implemented by the MOD; and to plan and de-risk future changes to their mutual benefit and that of their collective customers.
Industry Customer Engagement Forum (ICEF) with MOD Defence Digital
A standing group of MOD and Industry representatives to enable communication of MOD plans and discussion of issues relating to ICT services provided to Industry Customers by MOD Defence Digital.
Commodity Usage Principles and Assurance (CUPA)
CUPA is a new approach to assuring information commodity products and services. The proposed CUPA process identifies methods of assuring Off The Shelf (OTS) products and services meet the required MOD standards security requirements.
Information Security Forum
To provide better ways of working securely across Team Defence by identifying key issues and agreeing common approaches to resolution by: sharing good practice, collaborating on accreditation standards, providing practical (and compliant) interpretation of Government policy, and sharing event and near-miss data. The Information Security Forum (ISF) collaboratively develops guidance, influences policy and communicates key messages to members and, where appropriate, broader stakeholders on Information Security and Assurance matters.
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Trading Forum
To provide a forum of Industry representatives and MOD in order to support and drive the implementation, exploitation & coherence of MOD contracting, procurement and finance systems and practices in the secure sharing & exchange of information with Trading Partners
General Documents
This area of the website is not a Community. It contains ‘miscellaneous’ documents that are not specific to any particular TD-Info Community. For example, this section includes documents about Events that are not organised by TD-Info but that TD-Info promotes via its Calendar. It also shows TD-Info monthly bulletins from January 2020 onwards.
MOD CLOUD
The MODCloud Working Group has the objective of driving forward the industry take-up and ongoing consumption of the MODCloud, which is owned and managed by the UK MOD. TD-Information provide the objective and independent viewpoint from which we will facilitate collaboration across the Defence ecosystem in order to drive out the business benefits on behalf of ‘UK plc’ .
MOD Documents
Section started July 2015 with MOD-related documents such as from MOD Information Systems & Services (ISS). For earlier MOD documents of this type use ‘Search’ with Keyword ISS: MOD Information Systems & Service.
Multi Domain Integration Working Group
The MDI WG provides a Community of Practice (CoP) to shape and support the Government’s strategy, endorsed by the 2020 Integrated Review.
Data Management Expert Group
Launched 27th November 2017, the Data Management Expert Group is a joint MOD/Industry Group. It is concerned with standards for data exchange and matters related to data quality.
Communities of Practice
A list of retired Communities of Practise and their artifacts
Working Groups
A list of retired working groups and their artifacts
Seminars
This archive includes past programmes and presentation where the presenter has given permission to share.
Standards
A list of retired standards groups and their artifacts
Projects
A list of completed projects and their artifacts
Events
Information on all sector-relevant events, run by TD-Info and other organisations.
Integrated Product Support (IPS) CoP
To support the UK MoD and UK industry in improving Supportability Engineering (ILS) standards, processes (technical and management) and training in order to improve the effectiveness and the efficiency of Supportability Engineering (ILS) programmes and hence...
SME Showcase
TD-Info are running a series of Showcasing Events on behalf of our members over the coming months, initially designed to help our SME (small to medium sized enterprise) community to demonstrate their organisations’ capabilities. This initiative also aligns to the...
“Energy Transition by Design”
The UK MOD Operational Energy Authority (OEA), along with the MoD Finance and Military Capability (Infrastructure) (FMC(Infra)) and Climate Change & Environment (CCE) directorates, invite you to register your interest to attend the Energy Conference (EC) 2025.
The theme of “Energy Transition By Design” (ETBD) aligns with NATO’s framework for adapting to the ongoing Energy Transition in a coherent and coordinated manner that preserves interoperability and enhances military effectiveness while also contributing to combating climate change.
News
News and blogs to keep you in the know.
Chief of Defence Logistics and Support (CDLS) Commendations 2024 – Open to Industry Nominations
CDLS Vice Admiral Andy Kyte would like to invite you to nominate individuals and teams who have gone over and above their day-to-day role to make a significant contribution to Support. TD-Info is supporting CDLS to secure nomination from industry, complimenting...
Software Enabled Defence in Conjunction with Value Management: Blog – The Compelling Narrative
The nature of global threats to Nations, their Governments and Defence is accelerating in variety, pace, and ingenuity. UK Government and specifically MOD must be able to generate capability to fit the threat with a pace of relevance at agility and at...
DSF Newsletter – November 2023
The Defence Supplier's Forum Newsletter for November 2023