May. 02 2024
Source Page: National Incident Response Levels: Guidance for Health Boards in ScotlandFound: • Cyber security – a breach of a systems security policy to disrupt its integrity or availability
Mentions:
1: Alan Mak (Con - Havant) road map will outline a clear path to reaching our solar deployment ambitions, including on energy security - Speech Link
2: Kemi Badenoch (Con - Saffron Walden) are one way that we will hit our net zero target, and this is an area that the Department for Energy Security - Speech Link
3: Nick Smith (Lab - Blaenau Gwent) Can the Secretary of State tell us about the UK’s supply of cyber-security professionals and whether - Speech Link
Government Response May. 02 2024
Committee: Communications and Digital CommitteeFound: These pose credible threats to public safety and financial security.
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 she has had recent discussions with UK-based companies on trends in the level of cyber security jobs moved abroad.
Answered by Saqib Bhatti - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Ministers engage regularly with UK cyber security companies to understand employment trends. This includes engagement through visits and forums such as the Cyber Growth Partnership and the National Cyber Advisory Board. The government's annual cyber security sectoral analysis reviews the growth and health of the sector, showing employment in the UK has risen each year since the government began publishing the data in 2018. Currently, the UK cyber security sector employs over 58,000 people, having generated an additional 5,300 jobs in the past year alone.
Found: Alison T hewliss (SNP) r aised concerns about these fraudulent registrations during a debate about cyber
Written Evidence May. 01 2024
Inquiry: Defence Spending in Northern IrelandFound: The defence and cyber security sectors of Northern Ireland play a vital role within this bigger
Written Evidence May. 01 2024
Inquiry: Defence Spending in Northern IrelandFound: “National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015”.
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support businesses secure their digital infrastructure against the provision of technological services from companies deemed a potential threat to national security.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The security of UK businesses and their digital infrastructure is a priority for the government and a key part of the National Cyber Strategy. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) works with Ofcom, UK technical authorities (the National Cyber Security Centre & National Protective Security Authority) and industry to identify risks and secure telecoms network infrastructure.
The UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 sets out one of the world’s toughest telecoms cyber security regimes and places stringent obligations on public telecoms networks providers to protect networks against security threats. The Act also created new national security powers to control the use of high-risk vendors in the UK’s telecoms network. The government encourages businesses to improve their digital infrastructure security through the Cyber Essentials scheme and the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018.
Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether national security clearance was sought by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, and approved, before purchasing the Lenovo supercomputer from a Chinese electronics company.
Answered by Viscount Camrose - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The government has been clear that when tensions arise between its objectives in relation to China, national security will always come first. This procurement took place through a robust public sector procurement process with all necessary qualifying security criteria
The UK's world leading cyber security experts are providing the necessary support and advice to assure the security of the system, as is normal.
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: MHRA’s AI regulatory strategy ensures patient safety and industry innovation into 2030Found: Devices) Reg ulations 2002 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2022C00693 152 Medical Device Cyber