Written question asked by Brian White (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 November 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 November 2002. It was answered by Bill Rammell (Labour) on Monday, 18 November 2002 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 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 and fact that nil were detected.

Answer: Brian White: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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. [80776] Mr. Rammell: FCO IT security advisers have carried out limited reviews of the FCO's IT system in the UK. A full penetration test will be conducted on the upgraded system in 2003. The number of cases of digital attacks detected was (a) nil in October and (b) nil in 2002.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 394 c9W; 80776
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Crime Computers ICT Government departments Security Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hacking
Contains statistics: Yes
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