Cyber experts are urging UK ministers to prioritise reforms in response to the underestimated threat of cyber attacks on national infrastructure.
The head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is expected to warn in his first major speech about the risk to UK infrastructure.
Julian Hayes, Partner at BCL Solicitors, commented on the situation, "The cyber threat to the UK's critical national infrastructure has been starkly highlighted by NHS cyberattacks, as well as the recent debilitating assault on the British Library. The previous Government promised reforms to regulations protecting CNI but these did not materialise."
"Earlier this year, the new Government also announced plans to reinforce the UK's cybersecurity resilience, with a Bill set to be introduced in 2025. Today's urgent warning from the NCSC should spur Ministers on to prioritise these reforms to shield UK infrastructure and citizens from the indiscriminate assaults of hostile state actors and their proxies."
This article was first written for and published by Security Brief on 9 December 2024, to read the full article click here (£).
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