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Body of Knowledge · Control · D6

Code / model control

Can the code or model be inspected, pinned or self-hosted?

36 out of 100 · Dependent

Average of 120 scored findings; 291 findings carry no evidence on this dimension and are not counted.

1. By sector

  1. BBC 56
  2. Schools 50
  3. Devolved Governments 50
  4. NHS 44
  5. Higher Education 33
  6. Central Government 28
  7. Defence 20
  8. Local Government 19
  9. Policing 0

2. How findings split

  • Exposed 61
  • Dependent 0
  • Partly sovereign 31
  • Sovereign 28

How we score it

Each finding is scored 0 (exposed) to 3 (sovereign) from the evidence field below; the page index is the average, scaled to 100.

code model control
Self-hosted / open 3
Version-pinnable 1.5
Vendor-controlled 0
The full method

3. Most exposed

  1. Palantir Foundry SaaS hosting for Federated Data Platform 0 NHS · NHS – National · Palantir (on hyperscaler cloud) (NHS England, 2026; The Register, n.d.)
  2. Amazon DynamoDB / Aurora (NHS login and cloud-native Spine services) 0 NHS · NHS – National · Amazon Web Services (Amazon Web Services, 2021)
  3. Microsoft Teams (national M365 agreement) 0 NHS · NHS – National · Microsoft (Digital Health, 2023)
  4. OpenAI GPT models (via Microsoft 365 Copilot / Azure OpenAI) 0 NHS · NHS – National · OpenAI; Microsoft (Microsoft, 2026)
  5. Oracle Cloud (SaaS/IaaS/PaaS licence uplift) 0 Central Government · Home Office · Oracle (DatacenterDynamics, 2025)

4. Most sovereign

  1. Drupal open-source CMS professional services 100 Devolved Governments · NICS (Department of Finance) · Drupal (community) - contractor not named (Find a Tender Service, 2021)
  2. EventStoreDB (event-sourced store for health timeline) on Azure DevOps 100 Devolved Governments · NHS Wales (DHCW / NHS Wales App) · Event Store (Computer Weekly, 2023)
  3. NELSON big-data and analytics platform (ashore and at sea) 100 Defence · Royal Navy · Royal Navy (developed with CTI Digital) (UKAuthority, 2019)
  4. Open Digital Planning BOPS and PlanX (open-source planning products) 100 Local Government · Cross-sector · MHCLG-funded council collaboration (Open Digital Planning) (GOV.UK, 2025; GOV.UK, n.d.)
  5. GOV.UK One Login for residents accessing council services (GDS Local) 100 Local Government · Cross-sector · Government Digital Service (DSIT) (GOV.UK, 2025; GOV.UK, n.d.)