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<p>The Digital Service is delivering a major investment programme for Parliament’s
network. The programme will make improvements to Parliament’s ICT network, including
internet access and email system. The delivery will address issues around speed, resilience
and most importantly security when accessing internet based services. A tranche of
improvements will be completed in September 2017, in particular:</p><p /><ul><li>Speed
of access – Network design simplification, increase in throughput of security devices
and increase of internet circuit bandwidth;</li><li>Resilience – dynamic routing with
fast failover times with multiple routes out to the internet.</li></ul><p><br>The
programme will provide further resilience and security enhancements for the network
(Campus LAN) operating within the Parliamentary estate by the end of December 2017.
The final tranche in the first half of 2018 will see performance and security enhancements
for the WiFi network infrastructure within the estate. The Digital Service will continue
to work to improve the security and protections in place around email, which in turn
supports the reliability of email by reducing the impact that malicious email can
have.</p><p>The improvements are primarily focused on the reliability and security
of Parliament's network. However, the changes will provide Members with a more consistent
user experience and speed of access when using the network, including access to the
Internet. Responsiveness of Internet sites is also dependent upon factors outside
of Parliament's network.</p>
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