The PDS Xchange Cloud Platform, is an assured, secure, national, cloud-based hosting environment for digital capabilities.
How it works
The platform is powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), which facilitates access to the Digital Fingerprint Capability (DFC) and is available for wider use.
Benefits
- Offers high levels of security, with a single controlled and auditable end to end process, managed by role-based access.
- Nationally validated and accredited to international standards (including the UK Forensic Science Regulator’s code of practice).
- Service management for the environment 24 hours a day 7 days a week, year-round.
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Learn more about member benefits on our dedicated Members page.
What we need
- Stakeholder contacts for onboarding and support.
- Agreement to national data usage protocols.
What you get
- Fully service managed hosting environment in the cloud.
- Platform compliant with Secure by Design principles.
- Access to cloud services for force forensic units with wider opportunities to use the platform for archive storage and tooling.
- Integrated cyber defence services from the PDS’s National Management Centre.
- Support with onboarding, assurance, and configuration.
