Written question asked by Brian White (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 November 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 November 2002. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 November 2002 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she 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.

Answer: Brian White: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she 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. [80766] Dr. Howells: My Department takes IT security very seriously. Along with our work to ensure BS799 compliance we have carried out a number of reviews of IT security using independent external reviewers. We continue to keep this area under review. We have no evidence of any digital attacks on the Department's systems to date during 2002.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 394 c172W;394 c170W; 80766
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Crime Computers ICT Government departments Department for Culture, Media and Sport Hacking
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk