Written question asked by Brian White (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 November 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 November 2002. It was answered by Alun Michael (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 November 2002 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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. - Inc figures.

Answer: Brian White: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 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. [80769] Alun Michael: IT security in the Department is kept under continuous review. The number of cases of digital attacks detected was (a) 34 in October and (b) 564 in 2002. These attacks were all stopped by our existing security measures.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 394 c42W; 80769
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Crime Computers Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ICT Government departments Hacking
Contains statistics: Yes
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