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From: Jim Parsons
Dear Ministry of Education,
Request 1 - Please provide an architectural overview of the zero.govt.nz service which I believe was designed and is run by your department.
Request 2 - I would like to review any security assessments that were undertaken for this service, whether it be pre or post public launch.
Request 3 - Please provide an overview of how much this service is costing, including who is paying for the service (i.e are costs passed on to other government departments), and how much has been spent on the service so far (running costs, not initial setup costs).
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours faithfully,
Jim Parsons
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From: Jim Parsons <[FOI #25573 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 11:41 PM
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Dear Ministry of Education,
Request 1 - Please provide an architectural overview of the zero.govt.nz service which I believe was designed and is run by your department.
Request 2 - I would like to review any security assessments that were undertaken for this service, whether it be pre or post public launch.
Request 3 - Please provide an overview of how much this service is costing, including who is paying for the service (i.e are costs passed on to other government departments), and how much has been spent on the service so far (running costs, not initial setup costs).
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours faithfully,
Jim Parsons
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From: Enquiries National
Ministry of Education
Kia ora Jim
Please find the response to your request of 30 January 2024 attached.
Ngā mihi
Enquiries National Team | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of
Education | AG
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From: Jim Parsons
Dear Ministry of Education,
Thank you for your response and the information provided.
I have a few further questions.
One - Can you please provide information about where the zero.govt.nz services are hosted within Azure. For example, are they in a DMZ network, which would be logically isolated from other internal services.
Two - Can you provide a list of all top-level domain names that have been accessed from the zero.govt.nz service in the last 6 months, as well as the number of bytes transmitted/received OR number of requests. To clarify, for top level domain, I would group www.youtube.com under youtube.com, and www.facebook.com or web.facebook.com under facebook.com. If this data is not available in the requested format, then a list of raw domain names and number of bytes or requests would be sufficient.
Three - In regards to the penetration test that you have mentioned has taken place, are you able to provide a brief summary of risks identified. You should be able to provide this information, assuming all risks have been mitigated.
Yours sincerely,
Jim
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Kia ora Jim
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From: Jim Parsons <[5][FOI #25573 email]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 9:51 PM
To: Enquiries National <[6][email address]>
Subject: Re: OIA response - ref 1321951
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Dear Ministry of Education,
Thank you for your response and the information provided.
I have a few further questions.
One - Can you please provide information about where the zero.govt.nz
services are hosted within Azure. For example, are they in a DMZ network,
which would be logically isolated from other internal services.
Two - Can you provide a list of all top-level domain names that have been
accessed from the zero.govt.nz service in the last 6 months, as well as
the number of bytes transmitted/received OR number of requests. To
clarify, for top level domain, I would group [9]www.youtube.com under
youtube.com, and [10]www.facebook.com or web.facebook.com under
facebook.com. If this data is not available in the requested format, then
a list of raw domain names and number of bytes or requests would be
sufficient.
Three - In regards to the penetration test that you have mentioned has
taken place, are you able to provide a brief summary of risks identified.
You should be able to provide this information, assuming all risks have
been mitigated.
Yours sincerely,
Jim
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Kia ora Jim
Please find the response to your request of 30 January 2024 attached.
Ngā mihi
Enquiries National Team | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of
Education | AG
[1]education.govt.nz
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From: Mehrdad Fatemi
Ministry of Education
Kia ora Jim,
I'm the subject matter expert for Zero data technology here at the Ministry of Education and would be happy to meet with you to understand your concerns and answer some of the questions you may have about the system .
Let me know if that's something you would like to do and we'll find a time that mutually suits.
Ngā mihi
Mehrdad
Mehrdad Fatemi | Programme Director, Digital Equity
Te Puna Hanganga, Matihiko | Infrastructure & Digital
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Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 8:12 AM
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Subject: FW: OIA response - ref 1321951
OIA for logging.
Ngā mihi
Enquiries National Team | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education | MC education.govt.nz
We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai ōna huanga
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From: Jim Parsons <[FOI #25573 email]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2024 9:51 PM
To: Enquiries National <[email address]>
Subject: Re: OIA response - ref 1321951
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Dear Ministry of Education,
Thank you for your response and the information provided.
I have a few further questions.
One - Can you please provide information about where the zero.govt.nz services are hosted within Azure. For example, are they in a DMZ network, which would be logically isolated from other internal services.
Two - Can you provide a list of all top-level domain names that have been accessed from the zero.govt.nz service in the last 6 months, as well as the number of bytes transmitted/received OR number of requests. To clarify, for top level domain, I would group www.youtube.com under youtube.com, and www.facebook.com or web.facebook.com under facebook.com. If this data is not available in the requested format, then a list of raw domain names and number of bytes or requests would be sufficient.
Three - In regards to the penetration test that you have mentioned has taken place, are you able to provide a brief summary of risks identified. You should be able to provide this information, assuming all risks have been mitigated.
Yours sincerely,
Jim
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Kia ora Jim
Please find the response to your request of 30 January 2024 attached.
Ngā mihi
Enquiries National Team | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education | AG
[1]education.govt.nz
We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent outcomes He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai ōna huanga [2]Te TD huhu o te MD tauranga
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From: Jim Parsons
Dear Mehrdad,
Thank you for your email and the offer to meet.
I would prefer to have your response in writing, so I can digest the information at my leisure.
Please proceed with the request.
I am happy for it to take up to 20 working days, considering I did not include my additional questions in my first request.
Kind regards,
Jim
From: Enquiries National
Ministry of Education
Kia ora Jim
Please see attached your OIA Response
Ngā mihi
Enquiries National Team | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of
Education | TW
[1]education.govt.nz
We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent
outcomes
He mea tārai e mātou te mātauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai
ōna huanga
[2]Te TD huhu o te MD tauranga
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