Government cybersecurity assurance
Robustness and oversight of cyber security assurance programs within government departments for critical systems.
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Government cybersecurity assurance has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
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Inquiry Recommendations (2)
P1-45 — NPAS helicopter datalink encryption standards
Recommendation: Steps be taken to ensure that the airborne datalink system on every NPAS helicopter observing an incident which involves one of the other emergency services defaults to the National Emergency Service user encryption.
Gov response: The government accepted in principle all Phase 1 recommendations directed at central government. The Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick presented the formal response to Parliament on 21 January 2020, committing to new duties on building owners …
Accepted in Part
P1-8 — Security as corporate responsibility
Recommendation: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust should treat security as a corporate not a local departmental responsibility.
Gov response: Implemented. Security is now treated as a corporate responsibility with board-level oversight. (Source: Trust assurance statement, February 2024; confirmed in Written Ministerial Statement HCWS132, 15 October 2024)
Accepted