Purpose

Lancashire County Council has a vast amount of data which has continued to exponentially grow over the past 20 years as services are digitised.  The county council currently doesn't get best value for this data.

The technology landscape has significantly shifted, cloud-based systems now allow for data to be stored anywhere and accessed at any time, as a result the county council needs to ensure it has an additional layer of protection at the data level.

The county council has a “Digital First Strategy” with five key themes; one of these is to “Become more data driven” and use data as a valuable asset. 

In order to accelerate and realise this strategy, Digital Services have defined a Data Strategy which contains guiding principles, goals, and associated plans.

Decision

The Cabinet approved the recommendation(s) as set out in the report.