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Issues to consider relating to information governance and artificial intelligence
Cyber Security: A Peer-Reviewed Journal,
7
(3),
237-252
(2024)
Abstract
Information governance and policy guidance will be essential for effectively deploying artificial intelligence (AI) in the business world. This paper considers some of the aspects relating to AI which need to be considered. The paper highlights some of the current work being conducted in UK local government. It will look at the UK government strategy for AI and consider some of the issues relating to AI policy and governance. The paper offers an approach for organisations and other researchers to develop their own AI assurance and governance framework. The future work section explores some of the areas in which there is a need for future work and research.
Keywords: UK Local government; AI policy; AI governance; AI supply chain; Purple Team approaches
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Author's Biography
Mark Brett is a Chartered Manager and Chartered IT Professional. He is a CCP Lead SIRA with an outstanding track record as a senior manager and consultant in local and central government. He is actively engaged in Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government’s (MHCLG’s) Local Government Cyber Resilience Programme. Mark worked for three years with the PSN Programme in GDS Lead IA Adviser and PSN SOC/Security Manager. As Lead Security Analyst in MOJ Digital, Mark developed an agile approach to information risk management and assurance, which he has implemented at MHCLG. He was CIO of London Connects. As a Deputy Director in the London Resilience Team, he designed and implemented a Pan-London Emergency Management Extranet and was instrumental in setting up the WARP programme for CPNI. While Information Assurance Adviser to the Local Government Association, he authored Local Public Services Data Handling guidelines. He continues to lead Local Government IA work as a special adviser to the Local CIO Council and through the Local Government Cyber Security Stakeholder Group and the Local Government PSN Board. He is currently cyber technical adviser to MHCLG, working on the National Cyber Security Programme – Local. Mark’s work in the cyber and resilience world involves developing cyber resilience exercises and response capability training which is used within local resilience forums (LRF) in England, and leading the Cyber Resilience Programme in Wales for the Welsh Government, working with the four Welsh LRFs. Mark has recently authored the emergency management exercise which is run across English local resilience forums. Mark is a Fellow of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management and a member of the Emergency Planning Society. He is an honorary visiting Fellow in Cyber Security at De Montfort University and lectures at Warwick and London Metropolitan Universities. Mark completed a Doctoral training programme at De Montfort University.
