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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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.
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Published 30 July 2020Last updated 13 September 2021 + show all updates
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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
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