UK government exempting itself from flagship cyber law inspires little confidence


From May’s cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency to the Foreign Office breach months later, cyber incidents have become increasingly common in UK government.

The scale extends far beyond these high-profile cases: the NCSC reports that 40 percent of attacks it managed between September 2020 and August 2021 targeted the public sector, a figure expected to grow. Given this threat landscape, why does the UK’s flagship Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR) Bill exclude both central and local government?

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Source: The Register News


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