Guidance

JSP 740 Acceptable Use Policy for Information and Communications Technology and Services

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

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Details

The policy covers:

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

Updates to this page

Published 26 July 2013
Last updated 1122 December 2025 + show all updates
  1. JSP 740 Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICT&S) - HTML attachment updated

  2. Updated with version 7 (October 2025).

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

  4. Added: JSP 740: Acceptable use policy (AUP) for information and communications technology (ICT), part 1 directive (version 5).

  5. Updated to version 4.

  6. Updated JSP 740: acceptable use policy (AUP) for information and communications technology (ICT), part 1 directive to Version 3, dated February 2017.

  7. First published.

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