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Mandate

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Department of Finance

GovCMS - SaaS hosting

GovCMS Software as a Service (SaaS) hosting is a by government, for government website hosting solution.

The SaaS hosting solution includes security and management of the platform. This includes regular security patching and software updates, application and infrastructure maintenance as well as regular backups of your site. Web Protection Services includes a Web Application Firewall, Content Delivery Network, Distributed Denial of Service protection and Bot Management. These are all included in the SaaS pricing.

GovCMS also provides training courses and training material. GovCMS has an active community for connecting with other agencies working on GovCMS and developers working around the GovCMS ecosystem.

There are more than 350 government websites hosted on the GovCMS platform, you can find many of the sites through the GovCMS Gallery. SaaS pricing is available on the GovCMS website.

Those considering GovCMS can use the Am I eligible to use GovCMS? tool to confirm their eligibility.

More information can be found on the GovCMS website.

Alternatively, contact GovCMS via their contact form.

Capabilities

This design is part of the following capability.
CAP23

Web Content Management (Individual)

Policies

This design can be relevant to meeting the requirements of the following policies.
POL1

Web Content Management policy

Standards

This design can be useful in achieving the intent of the following standard(s).

Web Content Management standard

STA71
Web Content Management encompasses the full spectrum of content processes, covering aspects such as creation, categorisation, quality, protection, and oversight. It is often achieved through implementation of a Content Management System (CMS). A CMS helps an entity create, publish, manage, store,…
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