Guidance

Minimum Cyber Security Standard

This is a new minimum set of cyber security standards that government expects departments to adhere to and exceed wherever possible.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Published: 25 June 2018
• Last updated: 25 June 2018 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 3 July 2023

The updated Cyber Standard is available.

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The Minimum Cyber Security Standard

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The Minimum Cyber Security Standard

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Details

This was developed in collaboration with government and NCSC.

Over time, the measures will be incremented to continually ‘raise the bar’, address new threats or classes of vulnerabilities and to incorporate the use of new Active Cyber Defence measures.

Published 25 June 2018
Last updated 25 June 2018 + show all updates

1. 25 June 2018

   Changed summary.

2. 25 June 2018

   First published.