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It’s possible of course that: - the contract is with a UK AWS subsidiary - uses UK based datacenters - is subject to appropriate oversight by UK nationals -
by klelatti 5y ago
It’s possible of course that:
- the contract is with a UK AWS subsidiary
- uses UK based datacenters
- is subject to appropriate oversight by UK nationals
- excludes really sensitive intelligence data
Sure this adds a dependency on a non UK company but is it a security risk - possibly not. Is GCHQ dependent on US / Taiwanese manufactured semiconductors? Is that a risk - maybe but it’s a manageable one.
- FerretFred 5y ago- is subject to appropriate oversight by UK nationals Have you seen the nationals allegedly running our country? We're screwed.
- klelatti 5y agoVery good point. At least the contract wasn’t awarded via a VIP channel overseen by Michael Gove. Or then again who knows …?
- connordoner 5y agoI’m not holding out much hope, truth be told!
- varispeed 5y agoChancellor's Rishi family is actually doing business directly with Jeff Bezos, so...
- wrinkl3 5y agoThose types of jobs typically require the employees to get a security clearance.
- breakfastduck 5y agoExactly, it's likely a very specific very tight contract. It wont be just sitting in a consumer AWS data center.
- ripvanwinkle 5y agoWell its almost certain that - This is an air gapped environment with effectively a unidirectional flow of software bits into the place at infrequent intervals - Only cleared UK personnel operate it and the regular AWS workforce has no access except for escorted sessions in rare cases. - No data leaves, i.e. not even operational logs etc That's the standard for such installations.
- klelatti 5y agoIt's probably the case that AWS have all the infrastructure developed to do all this already - expect the NSA would require this too?