July 2026 monthly summary for ministryofjustice/modernisation-platform-environments: Delivered key infrastructure improvements focusing on security, reliability, and automation. Implemented WAF deployment and tuning for OAS ALB with SQL injection protections and logging to S3; fixed Terraform ARN reference and added S3 lifecycle filtering. Improved EC2 DNS and connectivity across instances by incorporating VPC DNS in user data, switching to AWS Managed AD DNS IPs, and refactoring DNS handling in PowerShell to ensure correct directory service IP usage. Enhanced EC2 domain join workflow and lifecycle by fixing user-creation script syntax, enabling instance recreation on userdata changes, and enabling environment-based static computer names via Terraform. Introduced a Service Account Version-Change Trigger to strengthen security lifecycle management. These changes reduce risk, improve availability, and support compliance while enabling scalable automation.

June 2026 monthly summary focusing on delivering scalable network connectivity, security hardening, and production-readiness across the Modernisation Platform. Key work delivered cross-workspace networking, infrastructure security enhancements, baseline networking, DNS and routing improvements, and workspace-specific SES integration. These initiatives enable safer cross-account collaboration, faster, repeatable deployments, and improved reliability for production workloads while reducing risk from misconfigurations. Highlights include cross-workspace sharing of the MoJ Transit Gateway via AWS RAM, a new MFA configuration component for Terraform, a foundational VPC and networking baseline (VPCs, subnets, routing, transit gateway data/attachments, NAT, VPC endpoints, ALB security group cleanup), Route53/ALB/ACM DNS enhancements with zone outputs and NS delegation, and SES integration for LAa new workspaces.

During May 2026, the modernisation-platform-environments team delivered substantive security, identity and infrastructure productivity improvements across the ministry of justice platform. Key features include MFA Radius integration (STB-4032) with end-to-end changes: additional files for the MFA solution, Terraform plan/apply fixes, NAT/endpoint integration, and extensive userdata adjustments, significantly strengthening privileged access controls. The AWS Workspace provisioning flow was enhanced (STB-4175-v1) with EC2/Lambda-based user creation, permission tuning, and wait-time optimizations, plus improvements to test user lifecycle handling. Terraform infrastructure stabilization was achieved through targeted plan and apply fixes, reducing deployment noise and failures. Additional value came from STB-4231-v1 AMI/EBS updates, RDS engine/version changes, and userdata refinements, alongside API evolution (STB-4232 OpenAPI rebuild) and SES/Lambda improvements (STB-4222-v2). Across initiatives, complementary small fixes and documentation updates improved reliability, maintainability, and developer onboarding.

April 2026: Implemented core infrastructure improvements in ministryofjustice/modernisation-platform-environments to accelerate provisioning, strengthen governance, and stabilize development environments. Key deliverables include Terraform provisioning enhancements, S3 lifecycle logging filters for better log governance, refined load balancer and security group rules for clearer security posture, and EC2 stability fixes plus a static IP update to ensure reliable connectivity. These changes reduce manual intervention, decrease environment downtime, and support faster, safer releases.

Concise monthly summary for 2026-03 covering work across ministryofjustice/modernisation-platform-environments and ministryofjustice/modernisation-platform. Emphasis on delivering business value through secure, scalable infrastructure, reliable deployments, and cross-component integrations.

February 2026: Focused on strengthening preproduction reliability, security, and analytics readiness for the Modernisation Platform Environments. Delivered four feature sets in ministryofjustice/modernisation-platform-environments, along with targeted fixes to stabilize preproduction and enable data-driven decisions.

January 2026 monthly summary for ministryofjustice/modernisation-platform-environments focusing on network security, OpenAPI deployment, and infrastructure reliability. Delivered end-to-end ingress/egress rules and mojo integration, stabilized provider configurations, migrated ingress to CloudFront with DNS and ACM integration, produced production OpenAPI deployment, and implemented code refactors and security hardening to improve maintainability and compliance. Highlights include STB-3305 feature progression, v6-v8 infrastructure iterations, STB-3651 production OAS deployment, and STB-3662 cleanup and error fixes.

December 2025: Delivered substantial infrastructure as code and security enhancements across environments, enabling safer preproduction parity, reliable test deployments, and stronger cross-team governance. Key outcomes include preprod OAS instance provisioning with RDS type changes, stabilized RDS security groups and Route53 handling, end-to-end test-environment infrastructure deployment, and improved state management for existing resources. Security and access controls were strengthened via Bastion upgrades, new SSH keys, and expanded team access to OAS AWS accounts. These efforts reduced deployment risk, improved reliability, and accelerated OAS delivery.

November 2025 performance summary for the Ministry of Justice Modernisation Platform portfolio. Delivered core platform enhancements across environments with a focus on security, reliability, and component-based deployment. Implemented GuardDuty Malware Protection Infrastructure via Terraform, including reliable S3 bucket mapping for GuardDuty deployment. Enhanced observability and governance through S3 Bucket Logging Enhancements, including a dedicated access-logs bucket with ownership controls and versioning, plus corrected Lambda log references. Enabled secure, scalable Lambda deployments by migrating Lambda layer dependencies to a dedicated components S3 bucket, updating IAM policies for dependency access, relocating Lambda code with versioning, and cleaning up configuration references. Expanded Hub2.0 readiness by adding a components configuration section for Lambda files and broadening access controls for laa-sre-admins to HUB 2.0 AWS accounts and Terraform code. These changes collectively reduce deployment risk, strengthen security, and improve cross-account collaboration and maintainability.