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.
![Team Defence Strategy Group](https://www.teamdefence.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Team-Defence-Strategy-Group.png)
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.
![MOD Defence Digital & its Services to Industry Customers](https://www.teamdefence.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/MOD-Defence-Digital-its-Services-to-Industry-Customers.jpg)
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.
![Industry Customer Engagement Forum (ICEF) with MOD Defence Digital](https://www.teamdefence.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Industry-Customer-Engagement-Forum-ICEF-with-MOD-Defence-Digital.jpg)
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.
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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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![Information Security Forum](https://www.teamdefence.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Information-Security-Forum.jpg)
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
![Trading Forum](https://www.teamdefence.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Trading-Forum.jpg)
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.
![General Documents](https://www.teamdefence.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/General-Documents.jpg)
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 CLOUD](https://www.teamdefence.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/MOD-CLOUD.jpg)
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.
![MOD Documents](https://www.teamdefence.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/MOD-Documents.jpg)
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.
![Multi Domain Integration Working Group](https://www.teamdefence.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Multi-Domain-Integration-Working-Group.jpg)
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.
![Data Management Expert Group](https://www.teamdefence.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Data-Management-Expert-Group.jpg)
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.
Team Defence Strategy Group
The Strategy Group has been established to interpret the 3* Advisory Board’s bi-annual areas of strategic focus along with outputs from the Team Defence Information Council to sponsor and approve Team Defence Information activities which align to these top-level...
Defence Reference Architecture Business Functional Model WG
The Defence Reference Architecture Business Functional Model Working Group meeting will be taking place on 20 March 2025. You can attend this meeting In-person at TD-Info Office or Virtually via MS Teams. The meeting will begin at 10.00 with teas and coffees provided...
Lead Sponsors Forum
The Lead Sponsors Forum reviews TD-Info’s performance against agreed strategic goals and helps define its future agenda. Lead Sponsor Forum members are senior figures invited to join from TD-Info’s membership. This meeting is by invitation only.
News
News and blogs to keep you in the know.
Team Defence Information Bulletin – July 2022
Introduction from our Managing Director, Phil Williams We really enjoyed meeting so many of you at Defence Information 2022 last month. After the pandemic, it was great to be anywhere! I was grateful to Charlie Forte for opening the conference by setting the scene...
VIMA is proud to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by KBR
VIMA is proud to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by KBR. KBR delivers science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 28,000 people performing diverse, complex...
Team Defence Information Bulletin – June 2022
Introduction from our Managing Director, Phil Williams Dear TD-Info members We’re heading towards the mid-year point, and what a year it has been. We are busily preparing for the third of our major conferences this year, Defence Information ’22. Post-Covid, we are...