§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the extent to which outside individuals have attempted to hack into his Department's computer systems; what reports are compiled on such attempts; how often reports are compiled; and what is their current security classification. [40673]
§ Mr. Tony LloydThe connection of high level protectively marked systems to public data networks is not permitted. Low level systems may be connected if a security architecture, which includes firewall technology and can monitor hacking attacks is used. The FCO is a contributing Department to the Government-wide Unified Incident Reporting and Alert Scheme (UNIRAS) run by the Security Service. Security Incidents including hacking486W attempts are reported to this scheme. An annual report, protectively marked RESTRICTED, is produced by the Security Service.