Military Intelligence: Cybersecurity

(asked on 15th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his department takes to ensure that data collected from military space assets and shared across intelligence-sharing frameworks like the Five Eyes is secure.


Answered by
Louise Sandher-Jones Portrait
Louise Sandher-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
This question was answered on 23rd October 2026

The Ministry of Defence applies established security, classification and information-sharing procedures to data collected from military space assets. Data shared with allies is governed by appropriate agreements and transmitted through secure systems, with access and handling controls proportionate to its sensitivity.

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