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

EAS – Scope and target benefits Scope 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

ContactPoint Brent LA Becta Gov Connect EDT DCSF (Tim Wright) CLG (Roy Marshall) EAS Project Board EAA Working Group CIO/CTO Council (Kevin Murphy) SRO 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 LAs: Salford Newham St Helens Herts Derbyshir e Hants Leeds London Connects LeGSB DWP Cabinet Office / eDT NHS Ministry of Justice / CJIT MoD CSIA / CESG Becta EAS Governance DWP (Kenny Robertson)

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

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