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New Legislation Looks to Toughen UK Cyberdefences and Critical Infrastructure
The bill mandates security standards and incident reporting for IT providers to protect critical services amid annual cyber losses of £14.7 billion, officials say.
- In Parliament, the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill was introduced, with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology saying `Hospitals, energy and water supplies and transport networks will be better protected from the threat of cyber-attacks under new laws being introduced in Parliament today `.
- Last month, the National Cyber Security Centre warned that Chinese and Russian hackers drove a record number of attacks, while earlier this year incidents hit Heathrow and disrupted over 11,000 NHS appointments.
- The bill requires medium and large IT management, help desk and cyber security providers to meet mandatory security standards and report incidents to the National Cyber Security Centre and regulators within 24 hours, with full reports due in 72 hours.
- Ministers say the reforms aim to keep taps running, lights on and transport moving, while reducing NHS cancellations and disruption to local services and businesses.
- The Office for Budget Responsibility warned a critical infrastructure attack could temporarily increase borrowing over 30 billion, or 1.1 per cent of GDP, last week.
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