Written question asked by Andrew Gwynne (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 October 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 October 2017. It was answered by Matt Hancock (Conservative) on Wednesday, 25 October 2017 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Cybersecurity
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many registered consultancies of the Government's Cyber Essentials scheme had data exposed due to a configuration error in the Pervade Software platform.
- Answer
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A configuration error in the Pervade Software platform used by an external third party led to system logs from companies, including assessors of and applicants to the Cyber Essentials scheme, being exposed, though there has been no evidence to suggest data was extracted.
Secondary information
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- Reference
- 108122
- Session
- 2017-19
- Related items
- Transferred
- Yes
- Subjects
- Software Cybersecurity
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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