Cyber Security - All Types

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Apr. 30 2024

Source Page: MHRA’s AI regulatory strategy ensures patient safety and industry innovation into 2030
Document: AIaMD (PDF)

Found: Devices) Reg ulations 2002 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2022C00693 152 Medical Device Cyber

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International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science, and Centre for Long-Term Resilience

Oral Evidence Apr. 30 2024

Inquiry: Engineering biology
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Science and Technology Committee (Lords)

Found: It includes a short section on safety and security, including screening.

Non-Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Apr. 30 2024

Source Page: Impact of AI on the regulation of medical products
Document: (PDF)

Found: This will include clear guidance on cyber securi ty due for publication by spring 2025.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 30 2024

Source Page: Minister for Europe to underline UK support for Moldova amid growing Russian aggression
Document: Minister for Europe to underline UK support for Moldova amid growing Russian aggression (webpage)

Found: support to Moldova now stands at £30 million and is helping Moldova to strengthen its defences against cyber-attacks

Written Question

Cybersecurity: Offshoring

Tuesday 30th April 2024

Asked by: Nick Smith (Labour - Blaenau Gwent)

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department (a) has made an assessment of trends in the number of cyber-security roles off-shored to overseas contractors and (b) holds data on the (i) number of roles affected and (ii) financial value of that market.

Answered by Saqib Bhatti - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The UK cyber security sector is worth £10.5 billion, up 3% since last year, and employs over 58,000 people, having generated an additional 5,300 jobs in the past year. The government's annual cyber security sectoral analysis shows employment in the UK cyber security sector has risen each year since the government began publishing the data in 2018.

Written Question

Cybercrime: Public Sector

Tuesday 30th April 2024

Asked by: Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley Central)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a ban on public sector bodies paying a ransom to criminal groups in exchange for decryption.

Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)

Cyber crime is a significant threat to the security and prosperity of the UK. The most recent Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimated that there were 984,000 ‘computer misuse’ offences against individuals in England and Wales in the year ending December 2023. The Government recognises ransomware as the most significant national security cyber threat.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) discourages paying ransoms, noting that such payments rarely ensure data recovery. The UK Government neither pays ransoms nor condones the payment of ransoms to criminals, always advising against such substantial concessions to hostage-takers or extortionists.

At the Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) summit in Washington last year, we led a joint statement signed by 46 countries and Interpol, which pledged that “relevant institutions under the authority of our national government” should not be used to pay a ransomware demand. This was the first international statement of its kind. Our joint statement was a major milestone in achieving international consensus around the non-payment of ransoms.

Written Question

Business: Ukraine

Tuesday 30th April 2024

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many UK-Ukraine TechBridge tech-focussed events have been held in each year since its launch.

Answered by Alan Mak - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The UK-Ukraine TechBridge initiative was announced by the Prime Minister at the London hosted Ukraine Recovery Conference in 2023 with a Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Ukraine signed in November.

Since its formal launch in January 2024,15 tech-focussed events have been held. Innovation workshops on AI, agritech and healthtech were held at the end of March to assess the most significant barriers to innovation in these sectors in Ukraine. New innovation workshops will commence from May targeting new thematic areas, including cyber security, fintech, and demining.

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