Armed Forces: Recruitment
(asked on 16th May 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether personnel from his Department assessed the cyber security measures of the Capita-run Defence Recruitment System, prior to the contract being extended in 2020.
This question was answered on 23rd May 2022
Yes. Capita, in accordance with the Recruiting Partnering Project contract, are subject to external penetration tests and annual IT health checks.
Compliance with these assurance activities were a mandatory requirement with regards to any commercial discussions relating to the contract extension in 2020.