Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: New laws to protect consumers from cyber criminals come into force in the UKFound: New laws to protect consumers from cyber criminals come into force in the UK
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: New laws to protect consumers from cyber criminals come into force in the UKFound: New laws to protect consumers from cyber criminals come into force in the UK
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: UK holds China state-affiliated organisations and individuals responsible for malicious cyber activityFound: UK holds China state-affiliated organisations and individuals responsible for malicious cyber activity
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: UK holds China state-affiliated organisations and individuals responsible for malicious cyber activityFound: UK holds China state-affiliated organisations and individuals responsible for malicious cyber activity
Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ban Chinese-made electric cars from sensitive national infrastructure sites.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
The UK takes the security and resilience of critical infrastructure seriously. Each Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) sector has a Lead Government Department responsible for working with owners and operators to identify and mitigate risks to their sites. They are also supported by the National Cyber Security Centre and the National Protective Security Authority who provide expert advice and guidance to both public and private organisations to identify risks and vulnerabilities to the UK’s national infrastructure.
As set out in the Integrated Review Refresh, China under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses an epoch-defining challenge and an economic threat to a range of government policy areas, including CNI. The Government actively monitors threats to UK critical national infrastructure, and will not hesitate to take further action if necessary to protect sensitive assets where appropriate to protect national security.
Asked by: Julie Elliott (Labour - Sunderland Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the implementation plan for a cyber resilient health and adult social care system in England has been published.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The purpose of the implementation plan is to provide details on how we are going to be delivering our strategy over the current spending period. The plan will be published in spring 2024, but we are already delivering on the strategy through an ambitious Cyber Improvement Programme, aiming to invest up to £147.6 million by April 2025.
This programme is looking to further strengthen existing national cyber security controls for health and care, which already includes cyber monitoring 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through NHS England’s Cyber Security Operations Centre, national-scale defences from cyberattack, such as Secure Boundary, and nationally provided cyber incident response contracts in the event of a cyber incident.
Feb. 14 2024
Source Page: The second UK-Nigeria Security and Defence Partnership Dialogue CommuniqueFound: The second UK-Nigeria Security and Defence Partnership Dialogue Communique
Feb. 14 2024
Source Page: The second UK-Nigeria Security and Defence Partnership Dialogue CommuniqueFound: The second UK-Nigeria Security and Defence Partnership Dialogue Communique
Mentions:
1: None In addition, the National Cyber Security Centre assesses that it is almost certain that the Chinese state-affiliated - Speech Link
2: None The Procurement Act 2023 includes national security devolvement provisions that allow us to act where - Speech Link
3: None In Parliament, the National Cyber Security Centre has launched an opt-in service for Members of both - Speech Link
4: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) The National Cyber Security Centre has made a lot of difference right across the board, both for government - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Coalition on Secure Technology, Chinese cellular (IoT) modules: Countering the threat, published in March, and its conclusions that Chinese-made cellular internet of things modules should be banned from UK critical national infrastructure.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The security of the UK's critical national infrastructure is of utmost importance to the Government. We continue to monitor potential security threats, including the unique challenges posed by cellular internet-of-things (IoT) modules. The National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) and The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) produce advice and guidance on the security implications of internet connected components, which the Government follows where appropriate.
Existing legislation such as the Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 and Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (PSTI) 2022 are designed to address the emerging security threats posed by IoT technologies. These include a range of measures that can be employed even in an evolving threat landscape. Any action is only taken after a rigorous assessment.
The UK's approach to China is to enhance our national security protections, align with our partners, and to engage where it is in the UK's national interest.