Articles by Kate Nolan-Burgess

AI process improvement: starting with the process

3 minute readIn the first article in this series, I wrote about why we need to experiment with AI carefully. Here, I…

Responsible AI adoption: why aren’t we moving faster?

3 minute readWhy aren’t we experimenting with AI faster? At the Public Sector Data & AI Summit in Westminster, I listened to…

The G-Cloud 15 Framework: What has changed and how it works

11 minute readThis guide walks through what G-Cloud 15 is, what’s changed from G-Cloud 14, and how buyers and suppliers actually use it. We won’t spend long on the history of earlier G-Cloud iterations. The focus here is on where things stand now.

Secure data handling for UK policing: balancing communications security and accessibility

3 minute readBetween 2022 and 2025, UK police forces reported over 13,000 data breach incidents, covering everything from cyberattacks to routine administrative…

Supplier compliance and risk management: secure communications procurement for police forces

4 minute readFinding a reliable communications supplier is rarely an easy task. Public sector procurement processes often include several stages to validate supplier assurance, data security, governance, compliance checks and evidence of tangible social value. Supplier selection for police services is no exception.

Government frameworks can streamline procurement by pre-checking a supplier’s accreditations and performance to ensure they are compliant before approving their status. These frameworks help assess supplier compliance and risk management more effectively, reducing the burden on internal procurement teams.

Why security culture matters: what we learned from the PASF inspection

3 minute readHaving been closely involved in our Police Assured Secure Facility (PASF) re-audit, I was keen to see the feedback we…