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The UK prefix is added to the security classification of all assets sent to foreign governments or international organisations. This prefix designates the UK as the originating country and that the British Government should be consulted before any possible disclosure. [2] National caveats follow the security classification.
Classified information in the United Kingdom is a system used to protect information from intentional or inadvertent release to unauthorised readers. The system is organised by the Cabinet Office and is implemented throughout central and local government and critical national infrastructure. The system is also used by private sector bodies that ...
The Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks are normally performed when a person is recruited. All those with access to government assets are subject on recruitment to the requirements of the Baseline Personnel Security Standard. This includes all applicants for employment in the civil service and armed forces and applies to both permanent and temporary staff and private secto
The Security Policy Framework (or " SPF ") is a set of high-level policies on security, mainly affecting the UK government and its suppliers. [1][2] The structure has changed over time. Version 11 was published in October 2013; it has 20 "Mandatory Requirements" grouped into four policy areas.
A List X site is a commercial site (i.e. non-government) on UK soil that is approved to hold UK government protectively marked information marked as 'Secret' or above, or international partners information classified ‘Confidential’ or above. [1] This changed from 'Confidential and above' with the introduction of the Government Security ...
The ISO/IEC 27000 family of standards are descended from a corporate security standard donated by Shell to a UK government initiative in the early 1990s. [1] The Shell standard was developed into British Standard BS 7799 in the mid-1990s, and was adopted as ISO/IEC 17799 in 2000.
The UK government 's second National Security Strategy was published in October 2010 under the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Government. It was titled "A Strong Britain in an Age of Uncertainty". [3] It outlines threats facing the United Kingdom, and defences against these threats. It emphasised the risks posed by terrorism, cyberwarfare ...
The UK Cyber Security Council is the self-regulatory body for the UK cyber security profession, tasked by the UK Government with "the development of a framework that speaks across the different specialisms, setting out a comprehensive alignment of career pathways, including the certifications and qualifications required within certain levels.