HC Deb 07 February 1990 vol 166 c700W
Mr. Colvin

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department has taken and is taking to improve the security of its computer systems.

Mr. Maude

For unclassified but sensitive systems Departments are expected to follow CCTA guidance covering all aspects of IT security and the application of this has been tightened recently. CCTA advice is kept under continuous review and is based on analysis of security risks and requirements using structured methods such as CCTA's risk analysis and management methodology (CRAMM) which has also been made commercially available.

More stringent conditions apply to classified systems.

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