Found: Tugendhat MP, Minister of State (Minister for Security), Home Office and Lindy Cameron, CEO of the National

Found: The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) advised that currently malign actors do not have the intent

Found: Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, has said that “AI is already being used in malicious cyber activity

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Found: The momentum from the AI Safety Summit continued through the publication of the National Cyber Security

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Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to support local authorities with cyber security and the rise in related threats.

Answered by Baroness Swinburne - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

The Government has set out its approach to cyber resilience the Government Cyber Security Strategy (GCSS). Cabinet Office are the lead department for the implementation of the GCSS, local government are responsible for the resilience of their networks and systems, and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is assigned stewardship of local government, with responsibility for cyber policy and assurance.

Since 2020, DLUHC has provided £19.9 million of grant funding and technical support to 192 English local authorities to improve their cyber maturity. In collaboration with the Local Government Association and the National Cyber Security Centre, DLUHC have been raising the awareness of cyber risk and fostering cyber-first cultures and practices in local government.

To support councils to assess and improve their cyber security, DLUHC are introducing the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) for the English local government sector later this year, providing a clear cyber security standard and method for local authorities to assess their cyber health.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the personal and cyber security of high-profile individuals involved in politics, such as parliamentarians, ahead of the upcoming general election campaign.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The safety of our elected representatives is essential to the security of our country. Protecting our democratic values and processes is one of the most important duties of government. That is why the Government will take every possible step to safeguard the people, processes, and institutions upon which our democracy relies.

On 28th February the Prime Minister announced the Government was investing an additional £31 million in funding to protect the democratic process and our elected representatives. The funding is being used to strengthen protective security measures for MPs and locally elected representatives over the next year.

Through the funding we are enhancing police capabilities, increasing private sector security provision for those facing a higher risk, and expanding cyber security advice to elected representatives. The investment also enables the expansion of the Operation BRIDGER network, so that every elected representative and candidate is given a dedicated, named police contact to liaise with on security matters, where needed. Through this network all candidates will have access to security briefings in the run up to the General Election.

The funding is accompanied by a new Defending Democracy Policing Protocol, agreed with police to enhance the safety of elected representatives, and protect the UK’s democratic process from disruption. Further information about the Protocol is available on GOV.UK.

Furthermore, the Defending Democracy Taskforce has supported the Westminster Parliamentary authorities and the National Cyber Security Centre to develop and roll out an enhanced cyber security offer for Parliamentarians and their teams to better protect them against cyber-attacks and foreign interference. As part of the £31 million uplift, the Taskforce is now seeking to extend this offer to other elected officials including the Devolved Authorities and is working closely with staff from the Devolved Authorities to do so.

Found: In 2016, the United Kingdom formed the National Cyber Security Centre to provide a unified national

Found: National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), "The near -term impact of AI on the cyber threat" (GOV.UK, 2024

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Found: GCHQ confirmed the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which is separate from the department, is growing

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Found: National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), "The near -term impact of AI on the cyber threat" (GOV.UK, 2024

Found: The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) does not endorse the use of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)

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