DESNZ Spends £2.2 Million On Its VPN Despite Labour Opposition – Guido Fawkes

DESNZ Spends £2.2 Million On Its VPN Despite Labour Opposition

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Ed Miliband’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has a hefty contract with its Virtual Private Network supplier. Despite what Labour ministers say on the airwaves after the Online Safety Act VPNs are crucial for cybersecurity and used widely…

That includes in government departments. Guido’s FoI unit asked DESNZ what VPNs it used and was told the “department uses Zscaler, which provides a suite of secure access services
including VPN functionality.” Meanwhile Peter Kyle is begging you not to use one…

Zscaler advertises its VPN technology as even more secure than what is on offer to the public: “Don’t let your legacy virtual private network (VPN) slow your business down. Transform your modern, distributed environment with zero trust network access (ZTNA) that’s secure, fast, and easy to deploy.” Comes at a price – for the taxpayer…

DESNZ has an ongoing contract with the provider worth £2,170,000 which runs until the end of the month. That’s just in time for renewal. Unless Kyle steps in…