Information and Communication Technology

In reply to Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (17 November 2015).

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills): I have been advised:

The Department for Education and Child Development (DECD) Families SA ICT Strategic Plan is being incorporated within the DECD ICT Master Plan due for approval in 2016.

The Families SA business continuity plan has been finalised.

Business continuity/disaster recovery plan testing will now occur in the first quarter of 2016 due to Families SA and Education ICT integration activities.

C3MS Change Management Procedures have been reviewed/updated and published on the Families SA intranet.

A formal assessment of IT risks has been conducted with assistance from DECD Audit and Risk and is now complete.

C3MS is on the DECD Internal Audit schedule for the third quarter of 2016.

A six monthly periodic review of C3MS User access is now in place.

The relevant ICT team is to be notified when an employee leaves the department to remove their access and user accounts via a form available for download from the Families SA Intranet site. An automated system is in place that disables any C3MS accounts which are inactive for 30 days.