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 David Jamieson (Labour) on Thursday, 21 November 2002 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

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

Answer: Brian White: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he has taken to review the security of the Department's IT system; and how many digital attacks there were on the Department's system in (a) October and (b) 2002. [80770] Mr. Jamieson: :The security of the Department's IT system is kept under constant review. Separate figures are not available for the number of digital attacks on the Department's IT system, as the Department shares with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister the IT network of their predecessor (the Department for Transport, Local Government, and the Regions). For that IT network, the number of digital attacks detected was (a) 18 in October and (b) 266 in 2002 up to the end of October.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 394 c266W;394 c264W; 80770
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Crime Computers Department for Transport ICT Government departments Hacking
Contains statistics: Yes
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