Overview
- The plan sets clear minimum standards, requires robust incident response across departments, and funds hands-on support to fix vulnerabilities.
- A Government Cyber Unit will coordinate risk management and incident response across Whitehall to speed detection, containment, and recovery.
- The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill reaches Second Reading, proposing 24-hour incident reporting and extending oversight to datacentre operators and larger managed service providers under Ofcom and the ICO.
- A Software Security Ambassador Scheme recruits Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Sage, Santander, and NCC Group to promote a voluntary Software Security Code of Practice in response to widespread supply-chain attacks.
- Officials tie stronger resilience to safeguarding essential online services and to potential productivity gains of up to £45 billion from effective digitisation.