Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with key infrastructure providers on the steps they are taking to protect themselves from cyber-attack.

Government Departments and the National Cyber Security Centre have regular discussions with key infrastructure providers on their management of cyber risk.

Ensuring the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure is secure and resilient against cyber attack is a priority for the Government as set out in the National Cyber Security Strategy. This is supported by a significant programme of work to provide advice, guidance and support to infrastructure providers and develop effective regulatory frameworks.

DCMS has been leading work for Government to improve the cyber security and resilience of critical services through introducing new regulation. On 20 April, DCMS laid the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 in Parliament, implementing the Security of Network and Information Systems Directive (known as the “NIS Directive”) which places legal obligations on providers to protect our critical services by improving their cyber-security.