Topic

Privately-owned mobile devices and desktop computers

Applicable to

all

History

Priority

must

Sep 2023

Legal advice is sought prior to allowing privately-owned mobile devices and desktop computers to access systems or data.

Existing controls relating to the use of privately-owned mobile devices were amended to include privately-owned desktop computers when used as part of working from home arrangements. [ISM-1297, ISM-1400, ISM-0694]

Dec 2021

Legal advice is sought prior to allowing privately-owned mobile devices to access systems or data.

Miscellaneous changes were made to rationale and security controls throughout the publication. This included:

• A review from the Using the Information Security Manual chapter through to the Guidelines for Media chapter.

• Security controls suitable for all audiences have been identified with the ‘All’ applicability marking while additional security controls suitable for just government audiences have been identified with the O, P, S and TS applicability markings.

• Security controls suitable for specific classifications have been amended to include their classification(s) in the wording of the security controls to reduce the reliance on applicability markings to confer suitability.

• Tables in security controls have been converted into prose to allow for inclusion in the SSP annex template and the XML list of security controls.

• The use of ‘official’ and ‘highly classified’ terminology has been replaced with specific classifications to remove ambiguity.

• Security controls relating to high assurance ICT equipment have had their applicability narrowed to ‘S, TS’ reflecting that they are intended for the protection of SECRET and TOP SECRET systems and data.

Aug 2020

Legal advice is sought prior to allowing privately-owned mobile devices to access official or classified systems or information.

Security control 1297 was amended to note that it relates to the access of an organisation’s systems or information.

Jul 2020

Prior to allowing privately-owned mobile devices to connect to an organisation’s systems, legal advice is sought.

2015

Prior to allowing non–agency owned mobile devices to connect to an agency system, agenciesmust seek legal advice.