Question follow-through · 95497
Cybersecurity: Public Sector
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria are used by his Department to determine which public systems require mandatory zero-trust security measures.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 9 Dec 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria are used by his Department to determine which public systems require mandatory zero-trust security measures.
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Department applies a risk-based assessment framework, underpinned by secure by design methodology including structured threat modelling, to determine which public systems require mandatory zero-trust security measures. Systems handling sensitive data,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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