Malicious email volume
Dear Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK,
Please find below my FOI request regarding malicious emails sent to the department.
The date range for the requests is from 2018 to present day. The data shall include a breakdown by year and by individual departments (e.g. separate departments, agencies, or public bodies within the main government agency), if applicable.
1. How many malicious emails have been successfully blocked?
2. What percentage of malicious emails were opened by staff?
3. What percentage of malicious links in the emails were clicked on by staff?
4. How many ransomware attacks were blocked by the department?
5. How many ransomware attacks were successful?
Yours faithfully,
Rebecca Moody
Dear Rebecca Moody
This is to confirm that we have received your Freedom of Information
request and we will reply by the deadline of 8th December 2021. Your
reference number for this request is CS.2021.17.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Humphreys
Senior Information Analyst
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
Sarah Humphreys
Senior Information Analyst
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
c/o The Association of Commonwealth Universities
Woburn House
20‑24 Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9HF
United Kingdom
Telephone: [1]+44 (0)20 7380 6742
Fax: [2]+44 (0)20 7387 2655
[3][email address]
[4]https://cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk/
@commschols
http://linkd.in/commonwealthscholarships
fb.com/commonwealthscholarships
This email and any attachments to it are confidential to the intended
recipient and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended
recipient, please delete this email from your system and notify the
sender.
The Association of Commonwealth Universities is registered in England and
Wales as a charity, number 314137. Her Majesty The Queen is Patron. VAT
registration number: 195 9141 72. OISC authorisation number: N201000012
Dear Rebecca Moody
Further to your Freedom of Information request (reference CS.2021.17)
regarding malicious emails and ransomware attacks, I should explain that
the Secretariat for the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) is
provided by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and routine
information technology and maintenance is included in the services
provided by the ACU.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Humphreys
Senior Information Analyst
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
Sarah Humphreys
Senior Information Analyst
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
c/o The Association of Commonwealth Universities
Woburn House
20‑24 Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9HF
United Kingdom
Telephone: [1]+44 (0)20 7380 6742
Fax: [2]+44 (0)20 7387 2655
[3][email address]
[4]https://cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk/
@commschols
http://linkd.in/commonwealthscholarships
fb.com/commonwealthscholarships
This email and any attachments to it are confidential to the intended
recipient and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended
recipient, please delete this email from your system and notify the
sender.
The Association of Commonwealth Universities is registered in England and
Wales as a charity, number 314137. Her Majesty The Queen is Patron. VAT
registration number: 195 9141 72. OISC authorisation number: N201000012
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