HC Deb 20 November 2002 vol 394 c170W
Brian White

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she has taken to review the security of the Department's IT system; and how many digital attacks there were on the Department's system in(a) October and (b) 2002. [80766]

Dr. Howells

My Department takes IT security very seriously. Along with our work to ensure BS799 compliance we have carried out a number of reviews of IT security using independent external reviewers. We continue to keep this area under review.

We have no evidence of any digital attacks on the Department's systems to date during 2002.