Employee Authentication Services (EAS) A potential pan-government service Chief Information Officer Group (CIOG) – DCSF

EAS – Scope and target benefits A scalable, sustainable and secure solution for local government employees to access sensitive information in central government systems: Ready to roll out from November 2008 Scalable and flexible to support multiple applications across government Endorsed and security accredited as a core shared government asset Set-up funded by DCSF and CLG DCSF acting as “driving customer” Target Benefits Avoid the need for employees to use multiple authentication processes/tokens Support greater collaboration/joint working for the benefit of citizens, children, learners Provide cross government aligned processes and systems for secure sharing/ accessing of sensitive data Improve efficiency through re-use within central and local government Consistent with pan-government policies and architecture (PSIT, xGEA)

Project development since March 2007 Completed high level solution architecture Design reviewed with CJIT, GG and ContactPoint and endorsed by Cross Gov CIO Council Evaluation of assets against requirements GG, CJIT, NHS and market sounding Response to invitation to participate from GG and CJIT Local Authorities positively engaged 11 early adopter LAs on working groups (Registration and operation) Sub-group reports defining policy on key areas Registration, Operational Impact, Trust and Sustainability Full business case and evaluation of proposals completed end November Government Gateway appointed to develop components of solution

CLG/DCSF CoI working group EAS Governance SRO DWP (Kenny Robertson) DCSF (Tim Wright) CLG (Roy Marshall) CIO/CTO Council (Kevin Murphy) ContactPoint Brent LA Becta Gov Connect EDT EAS Project Board EAA Working Group LAs: Salford Newham St Helens Herts Derbyshire Hants Leeds London Connects LeGSB DWP Cabinet Office / eDT NHS Ministry of Justice / CJIT MoD CSIA / CESG Becta CLG/DCSF CoI working group Operational model & implementation guide Policy on min registration procedures Achieving shared trust Sustainability and migration Salford +6 LeGSB Hants Newham Brent NHS; CSIA DCSF CESG Gov Connect CLG DCSF EDT DWP

How will the solution look? Common Trust Framework (rules & standards) LA Shared Identity Provider Service (IDP) Authentication Broker Quick and simple integration DCSF Applications LA DWP Applications LA LA Own IDP Service Other central govt apps NHS Own IDP Service

Components of the solution Registration Authority (LA or National Partner) Central Hub Service Provider Service Provider Shared Identity Provider Administrator Administrator Registration systems Authentication Broker Broker service People and processes Gateway service Service Account Attributes Identity checking Web service Issue credentials People and processes Integration support for central government services portal Service Integration Support Application integration service Test environment provision Store Attributes User Authentication People and processes New Government Gateway capability Existing Government Gateway platforms