UK Government Sector

Secure, resilient IT for UK government and public services

Switchshop delivers networking, cyber security and infrastructure for central government departments, arm's length bodies, devolved administrations, councils, emergency services and DCMS-sponsored bodies including national libraries, museums and galleries. UK-based, in-house engineering, aligned to the Government Cyber Security Strategy.

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In-house engineering
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Challenges & Solutions

Built around the realities of uk government

Challenge

Meeting the Government Cyber Security Strategy and NCSC CAF

Layered security designed against the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework, Cyber Essentials Plus and Government Functional Standards, with clear evidence and reporting for assurance teams.

Challenge

Legacy estates blocking digital transformation

Pragmatic modernisation of LAN, WAN, datacentre and identity, with phased migrations that protect live services while moving departments to cloud-ready, secure-by-design platforms.

Challenge

Connecting distributed sites, hubs and frontline teams

SD-WAN, secure connectivity and high-density Wi-Fi engineered for HQs, regional hubs, contact centres, depots and frontline locations, with consistent policy and visibility everywhere.

Challenge

Protecting citizen data and meeting UK GDPR obligations

Identity-led access, segmentation, immutable backup and ransomware-resilient storage, mapped to UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act and departmental information governance.

Challenge

Compliant procurement under Procurement Act 2023

Approved supplier across the frameworks central and local government actually use, with commercial models that simplify direct award and accelerate time to deploy.

Challenge

Always-on services with zero tolerance for outage

Highly available designs with resilient power, dual-path connectivity, tested failover and 24/7 UK-based support, so citizen-facing and frontline services keep running.

Tailored Services

Capabilities tuned for uk government

Government networking

Resilient LAN, WAN, SD-WAN and datacentre networking for departments, agencies, councils and arm's length bodies.

Cyber security & CAF alignment

Security architectures aligned to NCSC CAF, Cyber Essentials Plus and the Government Cyber Security Strategy, with firewalling, EDR, segmentation and 24/7 monitoring.

Hybrid & secure cloud

Cloud-ready infrastructure and connectivity for OFFICIAL workloads, supporting Cloud First strategies, hyperscaler adoption and hybrid datacentre models.

Identity & zero trust

Single sign-on, MFA, conditional access and zero-trust segmentation for civil servants, contractors and partner organisations.

Workplace Wi-Fi & mobility

High-density Wi-Fi 6E/7 for HQs, regional hubs and contact centres, with secure guest, BYOD and contractor access.

Datacentre modernisation

Refresh and consolidation of departmental and council datacentres with modern compute, storage and software-defined platforms.

Backup & ransomware resilience

Immutable backups, off-site replication and tested recovery for citizen records, case management and operational systems.

SOC, monitoring & assurance

24/7 UK-based security operations, vulnerability management and reporting that maps cleanly to CAF and departmental assurance frameworks.

Citizen services connectivity

Connectivity, Wi-Fi and security for libraries, town halls, customer service centres and community hubs across local authority estates.

Smart Estates for the public sector

IoT, sensors and analytics that give estates and facilities teams real-time visibility across government and council buildings.

UPS & power resilience by APC

APC by Schneider Electric UPS, PDUs and power management designed, deployed and maintained to keep government comms rooms and edge sites online through outages.

Frameworks & procurement support

Compliant routes via CCS and other public sector frameworks, with bid, design and commercial support for direct-award and competed engagements.

Plan your next government IT delivery with Switchshop

Talk to our public sector specialists about CAF-aligned cyber, network refresh, datacentre modernisation or a full department-wide infrastructure programme.

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