Ref No.: 10 23
Request Type: FOI
Date Received: 24/08/23
Date Responded: 25/08/23
Category: IT Assets
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would request you to respond to questions included in the attachment (tables below).
| Q1. Can you please list the number of devices deployed by your organisation for the following? | |
| Device type | Number of devices |
| Desktop PCs | |
| Laptops | |
| Mobile phones | |
| Printers | |
| Multi functional devices (MFDs) | |
| Tablets | |
| Physical servers | |
| Storage devices | |
| Networking infrastructure | |
| Security infrastructure | |
| Q2. Does your organisation have plans to procure any of the below services, if yes, then please provide information in the below format? | Estimated / total cost | Duration |
| Example: platform as a service | 1 million | 2023/28 |
| Cloud computing | ||
| Software as a service | ||
| Platform as a service | ||
| Infrastructure as a service | ||
| Anything as a service |
| Q3. Does your organisation have any plans to procure the below services, if yes then please provide required information in the below format? | Estimated / total cost | Duration |
| Example: IoT security | 0.5 million | 2023/28 |
| Network security | ||
| Cloud security | ||
| Endpoint security | ||
| Mobile security | ||
| IoT security | ||
| Application security |
| Q4. Does your organisation have any plans to procure below services, if yes then please provide information in the below format? | Estimated / total cost | Duration |
| Example: data and analytics | 8 million | 2023/28 |
| Data and analytics | ||
| AI and automation | ||
| Digital transformation |
Response
Many thanks for your request for information dated 24 August 2023 which asked for information relating to the technologies used by WICS.
We have handled your request in terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA). FOISA provides for a right of access to recorded information held by Scottish public authorities.
We consider that the information falling within the scope of the request is exempt from disclosure under Section 30(c) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA). This provides for an exemption from disclosure in situations where disclosure would or would be likely to substantially prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs. Further in-depth information is provided in the attached explanatory note.