UK: Will UK cyber reforms keep step with NIS2?

UK: Will UK cyber reforms keep step with NIS2?

Since its announcement during the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024, there has been much anticipation over the contents of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (“CS&R Bill“) and in particular the extent to which it will bring the UK into alignment with its European counterpart, the NIS2 directive. Currently, cyber regulation in the UK is heavily reliant on the 2018 transposition of the NIS1 Directive (in the form of the NIS Regulations 2018), with…

Experts call for accelerated UK audit reform for digital resilience

A coalition of industry bodies, including the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (CIIA) and ISACA, has called on the UK government to expedite the introduction of audit reform legislation, emphasising the need to bolster digital resilience in the face of increasing cyber threats.  The CIIA and ISACA have jointly addressed a letter to the UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade, advocating for immediate action on audit reform legislati…

Audit reform urged to strengthen UK's digital resilience

ISACA and CIIA urge UK Government to expedite audit reform legislation to bolster digital resilience amid rising cyber threats and economic risks.

Pressure renewed for audit reform bill

Save The government is under renewed pressure to push ahead with its governance and audit reform plans following years of delays. An open letter to the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, from the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), calls for progress on a long-promised bill that would create a new governance and audit regulator with strengthened powers. The call was prompted by government efforts to introduce a new Cyber Security and Resil…