Written question asked by Brian White (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 November 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 November 2002. It was answered by Douglas Alexander (Labour) on Thursday, 21 November 2002 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Cabinet Office

Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to review the security of his Department's IT system; and how many digital attacks there were on his Department's system in (a) October and (b) 2002. - Includes figures.

Answer: Brian White: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps he has taken to review the security of his Department's IT system; and how many digital attacks there were on his Department's system in (a) October and (b) 2002. [80765] Mr. Alexander: My Department is constantly reviewing the security of our IT networks in line with our Government Secure Intranet accreditation, and taking the latest security advice into consideration. Within my Department and its Agencies there have been (a) 1,167 digital attacks in October and (b) 5,857 during 2002. None of these resulted in compromise, loss or damage to any information held on the systems.

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