The United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) was established in 1971 by a Memorandum of Agreement among

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(UN), the

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(UNDP) and the

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(WHO), pursuant to resolution 2741 (XXV) of the

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. It was created as an inter-organization facility to provide

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services for themselves and other users. UNICC provides

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(ICT) services to United Nations programmes, funds, and entities. Its mission is to provide ICT services to the United Nations family, maximise the sharing of infrastructure, systems and skills and generate

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to benefit its clients and partner organizations, including United Nations and related not-for-profit entities. UNICC has over 800 staff at its headquarters in

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and offices in

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, and

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Offices

Services

UNICC offers consulting srvices in the areas of strategic advisory services and subject matter expertise. * UNICC Consulting * IT Advisory Firms * Learning * Digital Business Communications * Project Management * Application Development * Monitoring * Robotic Process Automation * Electronic Signature services * Secure AUTHN services UNICC offers its clients hosting and delivery of software applications. * Amazon Web Services Management * Microsoft 365 Management * Microsoft Azure Management * Cloud Web Hosting * Microsoft Dynamics 365 * ServiceNow Support UNICC's information security services cover cyber security oversight and governance as well as a spectrum of operational components. * Governance and CISO Support * Threat Intelligence Network * Security Operations Centre * Security Information and Event Management * Phishing and Vulnerability Management * Penetration testing * Incident Response and Forensics * Information Security Awareness * Infrastructure and Network Support * PKI Digital Identity UNICC offers computing platforms that allow administrators and developers to create, run, and customise their application suites, including software-as-a-service components. * Enterprise Resource Planning * Enterprise Web Applications, Hosting and Traffic Analysis * Enterprise SharePoint * Business Intelligence Platform Support UNICC offers data and analytics services. * Consulting and Support * Data Analytics – Visualisation * Advanced Analytics * Data Management * Database Services UNICC provides computing infrastructure resources to manage networking, data centres, and infrastructure elements. * Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning * Servers and Enterprise Server Support * Storage on Demand and Management * Enterprise Backup * Data Centre Consolidation * Network Services * Internet and Connectivity * OneICTBox

Awards

* Information security – 2020 CSO50 Award for its Common Secure Information Security services * Innovation – ITU Innovation Challenge 2020 winner for UNICC and Microsoft's UN Digital Academy * UN Digital Identity – UN Digital ID project from the UN Digital Solutions Centre, with operations by UNICC, is the winner of the Reimagine the UN Together Challenge 2020 *

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– 2017 CSO50 Award for its Common Secure Information Security services

References

External links

UNICC Official Website
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