Chief Information Officer Group
About CIOG
Introduction
The Chief Information Officer Group (CIOG), within the Department of Defence, is responsible for ensuring that Defence has a dependable, secure and integrated Defence Information Environment (DIE) to support Defence business and military operations.
In simple terms, the DIE encompasses the computing and communications infrastructure of Defence along with the management systems and people that deliver that infrastructure. It includes our computing networks, business applications and the data that they generate and carry. It includes the communication standards and spectrum required for our Battlespace networks. The infrastructure is essential and integral to such central Defence functions as intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, communications, information warfare, command and management.
Our Mission
The Chief Information Officer leads the integrated design, cost effective delivery, and sustained operation of the Defence Information Environment.
Who we are
We deliver a massive and complex range of commercial, government, specialist military and bespoke applications. These systems operate across geographically dispersed, fixed, deployable and mobile networks and on most types of modern hardware and communications bearers.
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is accountable to the Secretary and the Chief of Defence Force for the completeness and coherence of DIE planning; and for establishing effective governance and coordination arrangements for the development, operation and management of DIE capabilities.
The authority of the CIOG encompasses all aspects of the DIE capability management including strategy, planning, prioritisation, development, implementation and support.
Our People
In carrying out our mission we are to adhere collectively and individually to Defence values. We believe in the results through people philosophy of Defence and recognise that our success depends on exhibiting good leadership at all levels of the organisation. We recognise training and development of our people as an investment in our success. We know that sustained success depends on the skills, attitude, and innovation of our people.
Our Structure
The Group’s structure incorporates the following elements:
- The Chief Technology Officer Division (CTOD) is responsible for the Defence ICT architecture and delivering ICT systems and applications in line with Defence's corporate goals and strategies. The CTO also provides guidance and support to defence on projects of strategic significance, promoting technology awareness and competence throughout the organisation and ensuring applications are built and integrated in line with CIOG's architecture for applications, Infrastructure and information.
- The Information and Communications Technology Development Division (ICTDD) is responsible for the architectural design, development and third level support of the Defence Information Environment. ICTDD delivers to internal and external customer requirements through program and project management.
- The Information and Communications Technology Operations Division (ICTOD) / J6 is the responsible for delivering the Defence Information Environment as a global end to end capability including the provision of satellite communications, electromagnetic spectrum and networks to support military operations. The Head of the Division is the principal strategic adviser (Strategic J6) to the Chief of Defence Force and Commander Joint Operations on communications and information systems and electromagnetic spectrum.
- The Information and Communications Technology Reform Division (ICTRD) is responsible for developing and implementing the Defence-wide ICT Reform Program to deliver ICT reform across Defence, embedding reform initiatives in the Chief Information Officer Group (CIOG) to ensure delivery of reform projects and meet Defence ICT savings targets. It is also responsible for improving organisational behaviors and processes that align themselves with reform changes as required. ICTRD is also the ICT Security advisor for Defence, manages corporate stakeholder ICT requirements, the ICT portfolio of projects and ICT business requests and provides corporate, reporting and governance services for the group.
- The Human Resource Development Division (HRDD) represents an amalgamation of Chief Information Office Group (CIOG) and Defence People Group (DPG) entities involved in the pursuit of ICT-enabled reform initiatives in the People Domain. Its primary objective is to champion the consolidation and modernisation of Defence Human Resource (HR) systems to both improve service delivery to clients and reduce the ongoing cost of doing HR business.
Our Relationships
Our key relationships in meeting our mission are captured in Defence policy and in our group to group agreements, primarily our Operational Performance Agreement and other Service Level Agreements. In summary, our most critical relationships involve:
- Commander Joint Operations (CJOPS) for planning and support of military operations, including deliberate planning and preparedness management as coordinating capability manager for the DIE;
- Defence Personnel Executive, Chief Finance Officer and Commander Joint Logistics for integrated development and support of Defence’s core business systems;
- Chief Capability Development Group for major capital program project definition for projects that contribute to or depend on the Defence information infrastructure; and
- Defence Materiel Organisation as a major supplier of command and control and deployable communications systems for the Australian Defence Force.
DIE Facts
The Chief Information Officer Group:
- CIOG manages the third largest Information and Communications Technology (ICT) network in Australia.