FOI 20-23: Devices and services used by the Northern Ireland Assembly

Our Ref: FOI 20-23

21 August 2023

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”)

I am writing to confirm that the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (Assembly Commission) has processed your request dated 11 August 2023 in line with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Q1. Please list the number of devices deployed by your organisation for the following:

• Desktop PCs
• Laptops
• Mobile Phones
• Printers
• Multi-Functional Devices
• Tablets
• Servers (Physical)
• Storage Devices (E.g., NAS, SAN, etc.)
• Networking Infrastructure (E.g. Switches, Routers, Interfaces, Wireless Access Points etc.)
• Security Infrastructure (E.g. Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Virus Monitoring Tools, etc.)

The Assembly Commission holds the information that you have requested as outlined in the table below.

The number of devices deployed by the Assembly Commission

Device Type	Number of Devices (approximately)
Desktop PCs	550
Laptops	420
Mobile Phones	75
Printers	200
Multi-Functional Devices (MFDs)	50
Tablets	260
Physical Servers	28
Storage Devices (for example: NAS, SAN)	4
Networking Infrastructure (for example: Switches, Routers, Interfaces, Wireless Access Points)	150
Security Infrastructure (for example: Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Virus Monitoring Tools)	10

 

Q2. Does your organisation have any plans to procure any of the services below?

• Cloud Computing
• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Anything as a Service (XaaS)

The Assembly Commission does not hold information in relation to your request.

Each business area is responsible for determining the needs and support requirements of their respective functions with the assistance of the Information Systems Team. These needs are considered on a case by case basis and where applicable a competitive tender process is carried out via eTendersNI.View more on procurement at the Assembly Commission.

 

Q3. Does your organisation have any plans for to procure the services below?

• Network Security
• Cloud Security
• Endpoint Security
• Mobile Security”
• IoT Security
• Application Security

The Assembly Commission does not hold information in relation to your request.

Each business area is responsible for determining the needs and support requirements of their respective functions with the assistance of the Information Systems Team. These needs are considered on a case by case basis and where applicable a competitive tender process is carried out via eTendersNI.

 

Q4. Does your organisation have any plans for to procure the services below?

• Data and Analytics
• AI and Automation
• Digital Transformation”

The Assembly Commission does not hold information in relation to your request.

Each business area is responsible for determining the needs and support requirements of their respective functions with the assistance of the Information Systems Team. These needs are considered on a case by case basis and where applicable a competitive tender process is carried out via eTendersNI.

You have the right to request a formal review by the Assembly Commission and if you wish to do so, please write to me at the above address. If after such an internal review you are still unhappy with the response, you may appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF which will undertake an independent review.

The Assembly Commission may publish details of your FOI request and its official response within the organisational disclosure log. The request will be completely anonymised and you will not be identified in any way. This is to meet the requirements as laid out by in the agreed publication scheme with the Information Commissioners’ Office.

Yours sincerely

Data Protection and Governance Officer