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1023165

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Bodies: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 196902 on Cybercrime, if he will publish the activities that are supported through the National Cyber Security Programme to specifically support (a) Government Departments and (b)other public bodies build cyber security capability.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	201213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Programme co-ordinates the effective implementation of the National Cyber Security Strategy and manages the £1.9 billion programme of investment. Through this programme we build government cyber security capability by ensuring government networks and services are secure and that we have people in post with the right skills and a strong talent pipeline for the future. Key initiatives include the CyberFirst competition, the cyber security CNI and level 4 Cyber Security Technologist apprenticeships along with initiatives across local public sector and resilience communities.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/12/2018 10:35:16 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1024009

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2018 to Question 196203 and with reference to the Government's Technology Code of Practice principles Cloud First policy, whether it is Government policy to prevent any government department or service from storing cloud-based data hosted in any specific nation states.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	201721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Neither the Technology Code of Practice nor the Cloud First Policy directly prevent government departments or services from storing cloud based data in any specific nation state. It is the responsibility of each government department to take risk-based decisions about their use of cloud providers for the storage of government data.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 07/01/2019 17:16:11 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1027224

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government Departments use (a) a domain message authentication reporting and conformance cybersecurity system (b) a system for identifying external emails to recipients and (c) a protocol for timely staff reporting of suspicious emails.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	202801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Active Cyber Defence (ACD) is a collection of services implemented by the NCSC that aim to protect the UK from the high-volume commodity attacks that affect people’s everyday lives. Mail Check is one of these services which enables an organisation to authenticate the email they send so that a receiver can determine if it is genuine or fake using Domain-based Message Authentication Protocol (DMARC). The NCSC plans to implement Mail Check for all 44 Central Government departments - in December 2018 95% were actively using Mail Check and 80% had adopted a basic DMARC policy.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 20/12/2018 15:33:07 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1027225

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government security profession unit has a target for the number of cyber-security professionals it plans to recruit.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	202802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Government departments are responsible for ensuring adequate staffing levels to meet the organisational risk it carries. Though no single target number for cyber security specialists exist, the Government Security Profession team will support departments through the delivery of centralised strategy for the recruitment and retention of cyber skills in departments.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 20/12/2018 15:34:56 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1027738

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Bodies: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2018 to Question 201213 on Cybercrime, if he will publish an exhaustive list of the activities that are supported through the National Cyber Security Programme to specifically support (a) Government Departments and (b) other public bodies to build cyber security capability.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	203457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>More detail on the totality of the Government’s approach to build cyber security capability across the UK will be published in the forthcoming National Cyber Security Skills Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 07/01/2019 09:58:23 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1027765

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is Government policy to prevent an organisation's involvement in UK Critical National Infrastructure unless the Government receives a guarentee of that organisation's reliability and security.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	203458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Critical national infrastructure owners and operators are subject to a range of mandatory minimum reliability and security conditions. These are set out in sectoral and cross-cutting regulation and requirements across Government, and are enforced by regulatory bodies.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 07/01/2019 10:00:50 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1029557

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2018 to Question 202801, for what reason no reference was made in that Answer to the number of Government Departments which use (a) a system for identifying external emails to recipients and (b) a protocol for timely staff reporting of suspicious emails.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	204633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally. It is the responsibility of each government department to manage how they receive external emails and report suspicious emails based on their security requirements. Domain-based Message Authentication Protocol (DMARC) is the system in which Departments identify external email.</p><p>The NCSC provides guidance and support to government departments on how to implement good cyber hygiene for staff, including the reporting of suspicious emails of which Cabinet Office have no central record of these figures.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 07/01/2019 17:25:19 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1041275

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates he has held meetings with his European counterparts on the UK's continued partnership with the EU on cyber-related matters in the event the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	208424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Ministers from multiple departments hold different responsibilities within the UK's National Cyber Security Strategy. They engage with their European counterparts on a wide range of cyber related issues.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 17/01/2019 17:18:14 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1043090

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Cyber Security Centre: Huawei
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates he has held discussions with the National Cyber Security Centre to discuss the role of Huawei in the UK's Critical National Infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	209865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>I receive regular updates from the National Cyber Security Centre on the security of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure and hold regular discussions with other Ministers on these matters.</p><p> </p><p>The Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) operates under a set of arrangements between Huawei and Government to mitigate any potential risks arising from the involvement of Huawei in parts of the UK’s critical national infrastructure. The latest findings and recommendations from HCSEC can be found in their 2018 Oversight Board report:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/huawei-cyber-security-evaluation-centre-oversight-board-annual-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/huawei-cyber-security-evaluation-centre-oversight-board-annual-report-2018</a>”</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/01/2019 17:44:12 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1043091

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Cyber Security Centre: Huawei
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has been advised by the National Cyber Security Centre to restrict the access of Huawei to the UK's Critical National Infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	209866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>I receive regular updates from the National Cyber Security Centre on the security of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure and hold regular discussions with other Ministers on these matters.</p><p> </p><p>The Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) operates under a set of arrangements between Huawei and Government to mitigate any potential risks arising from the involvement of Huawei in parts of the UK’s critical national infrastructure. The latest findings and recommendations from HCSEC can be found in their 2018 Oversight Board report:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/huawei-cyber-security-evaluation-centre-oversight-board-annual-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/huawei-cyber-security-evaluation-centre-oversight-board-annual-report-2018</a>”</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/01/2019 17:44:33 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt