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Guidance

JSP 740 Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICT&S)

A Joint Service Publication (JSP) detailing what is acceptable and what is not, when using MOD Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICT&S).

From:
Ministry of Defence
Published
26 July 2013
Last updated
2411 JuneDecember 20242025 — See all updates

Documents

JSP 740 Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICT&S)

Ref: JSP 740

PDF, 192197 KB, 98 pages

JSP 740 Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICT&S)

Ref: JSP 740

HTML

Details

The policy covers:

  • when and where the AUPAcceptable Use Policy applies
  • general rules for MOD ICTInformation and Communications Technology and Services (ICT&S&S)
  • personal use of MOD-issued ICTICT&S&S,, including Wi-Fi/telephones
  • social media
  • devices, systems and networks
  • working from home
  • monitoring of MOD-issued ICTICT&S&S
  • incident reporting

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Published 26 July 2013
Last updated 2411 JuneDecember 2024 + show2025 href="#full-history">+ show all updates

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Update history

2025-12-11 13:13
Updated with version 7 (October 2025).

2024-06-24 16:07
Updated ‘JSP 740 Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICT&S)’.

2022-03-23 10:13
Added: JSP 740: Acceptable use policy (AUP) for information and communications technology (ICT), part 1 directive (version 5).