HC Deb 26 November 2002 vol 395 cc209-10W
Brian White

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he 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. [80768]

Mr. McCartney

Security of IT systems is under constant review and a procedure is in place to log, investigate and analyse all recorded incidents.

The number of cases of digital attack recorded was(a) 8 in October and(b) 122 in 2002.