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Government Functional Standard GovS 007: Security

This functional standard is part of a suite of functional standards designed to promote consistent and coherent working within government organisations and across organisational boundaries.

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From:
Cabinet Office
Published:
30 July 2020
Last updated:
13 September 2021
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  1. Version 2.0 of this standard replaces the previous edition V1.0 dated July 2020. The main changes, which reflect input from users of the previous version are as follows: - a substantial improvement of the incident management section - a greater inclusion of aspects of risk and threat throughout - a stronger technical security section

  2. First published.

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GovS 007: Security

PDF, 308 KB, 28 pages

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This functional standard is part of a suite of functional standards designed to promote consistent and coherent working within government organisations and across organisational boundaries, and to provide a stable basis for assurance, risk management and capability improvement.

Functional standards are designed to be used as a suite (they cross-refer where needed), and contain mandatory and advisory elements described in consistent language.

If you have comments or feedback about this functional standard, please email GSFinfo@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.

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