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.
![Commodity Usage Principles and Assurance (CUPA)](https://www.teamdefence.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Commodity-Usage-Principles-and-Assurance-CUPA.jpg)
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.
Executive Group Team Meeting
The Team Defence Executive Team operate monthly sessions which will look to support and mature opportunities and guide the broad portfolio of Team Defence Activities so they align with the strategic direction and focus set by the Team Defence Strategy Group. This is a...
Executive Group Team Meeting
The Team Defence Executive Team operate monthly sessions which will look to support and mature opportunities and guide the broad portfolio of Team Defence Activities so they align with the strategic direction and focus set by the Team Defence Strategy Group. This is a...
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...
News
News and blogs to keep you in the know.
Data Exploitation in Defence : Powered by Tableau – 14 June
“Our ambition to ‘unleash the power of data’ is stronger than ever. Our future will be shaped by how we protect and exploit Defence’s assets. Data will become our second most important asset only behind our People. This is the clear intent of our Data...
Support to Ukraine Innovation Fund
Defence Ministers are calling on UK industry to accelerate the development of equipment for the Ukrainian armed forces, launching a £25 million campaign fund for the design and delivery of equipment to the country across the coming months. The competition will be...
Team Defence Information Bulletin – May 2022
Introduction from our Managing Director, Phil Williams Hello TD-Info World As the year races on apace and our gaze is still hard fast on Ukraine, we reflected at SupportNET 22 with MP and Minister for Defence Procurement, Jeremy Quinn, and Lt General Richard Wardlaw...