Information Systems & Services

Information Systems & Services (ISS) was a cluster within Strategic Command Top Level Budget of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence.^[1] ISS was replaced by Defence Digital in 2019.^[2]

Information Systems and Services

Organisation overview
Formed	1 April 2007 (2007-04-01)
Preceding Organisation	Defence Communication Services Agency
Dissolved	2019
Superseding Organisation	Defence Digital
Jurisdiction	Government of the United Kingdom
Headquarters	MOD Corsham, Wiltshire
Parent department	Ministry of Defence
Parent Organisation	Strategic Command

History

ISS was created from the former Defence Communication Services Agency (DCSA) on 1 April 2007.^[3]

The organisation was spread across a number of sites, but in 2010 a £690 million programme was announced to unite ISS at MoD Corsham, Witshire in a modern office complex with 1,874 workspaces.^[4]

In 2019 ISS and a number of organisations were brought together as Defence Digital, with an annual budget of over £2 billion and about 2,400 staff including military, civil servants and contractors, led by Ministry of Defence chief information officer Charles Forte.^[2][5]

Role

Information Systems & Services provided the procurement and support functions for integrated information and communication services across the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defence and to overseas bases, operations and ships.^[6][7]