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Ben Welch-Baines

Good Morning,

I hope you are having a good week!

Please could you assist me by sending information regarding the following:

• Please can you direct me to the authority's current ICT strategy?
• What does the council currently use for their Backups?
• When is the council looking to review this?
• When reviewing, what does the council consider most important?
• How would you recover in the event of a cyber attack?
• Who is the best contact around this area?

Yours faithfully,

Ben Welch-Baines

customer.services@harborough.gov.uk, Harborough District Council

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foi@harborough.gov.uk, Harborough District Council

Dear Requestor,

 

In response to your Freedom of Information request, I have now completed
my investigations and I am able to confirm the attached which has been
provided by the relevant service area:-

 

Please can you direct me to the authority's current ICT strategy? 

[1]https://cmis.harborough.gov.uk/cmis5/Mee...

• What does the council currently use for their Backups? For security
reasons we do not give out details of hardware/software vendors to
3^rd parties

• When is the council looking to review this? This is currently being
reviewed

• When reviewing, what does the council consider most important? A working
process for data recovery

• How would you recover in the event of a cyber attack? The process would
be different depending on the nature and effect of the attack. Details
would not be shared for security purposes.

If you have any queries about this Communication, please contact me.
Please remember to quote the reference number above. If you are unhappy
with this response then you can ask for an internal review by writing to
the Information Governance Officer, Harborough District Council, The
Symington Building, Adam and Eve Street, Market Harborough,
Leicestershire, LE16 7AG.

 

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Sharon

Sharon Iddison (Mrs)
Administration Officer

Harborough District Council
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7AG

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