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date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 8036, on Department for Work and Pensions: cybercrime, how many and what proportion of contractors have obtained a Government Cyber Essentials certificate; and whether such a certificate is a requirement for delivering work procured by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government Cyber Essentials Assurance Framework provides organisations with a framework that provides a set of basic security controls for IT systems and an assurance framework that assesses against common cyber threats. It is therefore designed to allow an organisation to achieve certification and does not apply to individuals.</p><p>The Department for Exiting the European Union uses capabilities provided by other Government Departments and the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department and its OGD supplier stipulates that they must adhere to HMG security practices and certification.</p><p>Any technology based procurement undertaken by the department must meet HMG policies on Cyber Security and proof is requested as part of the tender process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 09/10/2017 16:51:58 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

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date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the principle set out in paragraph 5.3.6 of the Government's Cyber Security Strategy that everyone who works in government has a sound awareness of cyber risk applies to members of staff employed by contractors doing work procured by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	8036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The department has a mandatory Security Induction briefing for all staff and contractors which covers cyber risk and typical cyber attack vectors, how to report these and the appropriate preventative action to take. This is over and above the annual mandatory e-learning on responsible information handling that must be completed by all staff and contractors. Cyber security advice is also emphasised during IT deployment.</p><p>Our IT suppliers work with the security team to highlight cyber risks and maintain awareness on emerging cyber threats and mitigations. Our cyber team regularly present these to the board to maintain awareness at the highest level and send communications on suspected attacks e.g. spear phishing to all staff regularly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 12/09/2017 15:54:01 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett