§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the responsibilities of the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre; and if he will make a statement. [126287]
§ Mr. StrawThe responsibilities of the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) are to co-ordinate and develop existing work on protecting the Critical National Infrastructure within Government departments and the private sector from the threat posed by Electronic Attack. This will include developing arrangements to monitor and increase awareness of the threat, to defend against it and to respond to incidents. The monitoring and advice aspects of this work are achieved through Unified Incident Reporting and Alert Scheme (UNIRAS), which is operated by the NISCC.
§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment his Department has made of the vulnerabilities of the United Kingdom's critical infrastructure. [126288]
§ Mr. StrawAt this time there is no evidence to suggest a significant risk from Electronic Attack to the United Kingdom's Critical National Infrastructure. The National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) is, however, working in partnership with organisations which own systems that are critical to the national infrastructure,520W in order to obtain assurances that their systems are appropriately safeguarded against the threat posed by Electronic Attack.