Meeting documents

To receive an update on the Council’s Information and Communication Technology.

The Committee received a PowerPoint presentation from the Commercial and Business Services Director on the Council’s overall ICT strategy. The main focus of the improvements was to work across 3 themes to increase productivity; resilience and compliance.

Some members expressed concerns with IT issues since joining the Council and there were encouraged to contact the IT help desk directly so that they could provide assistance. The Council had spent time to ensure that it devices and systems were adequately protected against malware and hacking with adherence to security best practice and data safeguarding. There was a question about backup procedures and it was stated that the Council was utilising cloud storage and this was held in different locations. The update was accepted.