Policing
Connectivity, security and operational assurance for UK police forces and the bodies that support them. Built for the operational and information assurance expectations of UK policing.
The infrastructure behind
modern policing
Frontline policing depends on technology that has to work. Officer access to systems from any location. Reliable communications between sites and control rooms. Body-worn video, ANPR, intelligence platforms, custody systems, all running over connectivity that needs to be resilient, secure, and evidenced to standards specific to UK policing.
Cloud Gateway operates the connectivity and security layer that makes that possible. Multi-site networks, managed security, secure access, cloud connectivity, and the visibility and audit evidence that policing governance teams need. Delivered as one managed service, by one UK team, on infrastructure designed for the assurance expectations of UK policing.
We work with police forces and the shared services bodies that support them. Multi-site estates, demanding operational requirements, and information assurance standards specific to UK policing.
The realities of working in policing
Policing technology operates against a set of pressures that other sectors don’t share at the same intensity.
Operational availability is non-negotiable
Police networks underpin frontline response, intelligence and incident management. A system that’s slow or unavailable affects operational outcomes, not productivity. The infrastructure has to assume that, the operating model must evidence it.
Information assurance standards are sector-specific
UK policing operates against operational and information assurance standards specific to the sector. Suppliers have to evidence compliance continuously, with the technical architecture and operating model aligned to what policing requires.
The estate spans many sites and many functions
Force headquarters, divisional stations, custody suites, contact centres, mobile data terminals, partner agencies. Connectivity and security have to work consistently across all of them, often alongside legacy infrastructure that can’t yet be replaced.
Reform and modernisation programmes are ongoing
Forces are under pressure to consolidate, share services, adopt cloud, and modernise legacy systems, all at the same time. Connectivity and security choices made today have to support whatever the modernisation plan looks like in three or five years.
Where police forces
usually start
for forces consolidating or migrating multi-site WAN estates
for managed firewall, governance, and audit-ready security operations across the estate
for secure access, mobile working and zero trust for officers and operational users
for forces migrating workloads to cloud while maintaining compliant connectivity
For services people depend on.
We are built for consequence, trusted by organisations who deal with national security, frontline healthcare, public safety and public trust.
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