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2000-01
Type
House
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress his Department has made in implementing the policy objective of the increased use of electronic signatures in communications (a) between officials, (b) from officials to persons and organisations outside and (c) from persons and organisations...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress his Department has made in implementing the policy objective of the increased use of electronic signatures in communications (a) between officials, (b) from officials to persons and organisations outside and (c) from persons and organisations...
Asked by
Lord Campbell-Savours
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Hughes of Stretford
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 March 2001
For answer on
7 March 2001
Answered on
7 March 2001
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what progress his Department has
made in implementing the policy objective of the increased use of electronic signatures in communications (a) between officials, (b)
from officials to persons and organisations outside and (c) from persons and organisations outside to officials in his Department.
[152423]
Ms Beverley Hughes: DETR(C) is aware that Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and its associated use of encryption and digital
signatures will be used to provide strong authentication, non-repudiation and confidentiality for transactions which are designated
to be above Level 1 in the "Guidelines for Trust and Authentication" of the "Confidentiality Services Framework" as defined by
Cabinet Office.
Our plans include:
(a) for internal use-DETR(C) is currently carrying out a routine maintenance upgrade of its networking infrastructure; the new
revision of the software will support the use of electronic signatures. Further work is under way to identify appropriate electronic
signature products to work with the revised infrastructure, and the most effective way to deploy them.
(b) from officials to persons and organisations outside and (c) from persons and organisations outside to officials in his
Department--DETR(C) will ensure that our systems serve both the authentication needs for internal departmental communications, and
for those with external persons and organisations. For that reason, we are in discussion with OGC, the E-envoy's office, CESG and
the Gateway team so that the eventual solution will be compatible with facilities to be provided through the Government Gateway, the
Government Secure Intranet and meet all interoperability requirements.
Subjects
Data protection; Codes of practice; Software; Computer networks; Data transmission; ICT; Government departments; Internet; Telecommunications; Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions; Cryptography; Electronic signatures
Date
7 March 2001
Reference
152423; 364 c257-9W
House
House of Commons