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Cyber - a pressing board-level issue We have seen a significant uptick in cyber preparedness activity recently and an increased focus on cyber governance. While the global cyber threat landscape continues to evolve, in the UK this activity has been driven, in part, by recent ransomware headl...

Cyber Update: New Software Security Code of Practice Background In May 2025 the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology used the government’s flagship cyber security event, CYBERUK, to announce and publish a Software Security Code of Practice and supplementary technical guidance (together the Soft...

Cyber 2025 – an update on recent developments in a busy cyber year 2025 is shaping up to be a busy year for cyber, as discussed in our new cyber podcast series. The recent retailer headlines are a stark reminder of the devastating impact a cyber-attack can have on an organisation, but they are not the only developments w...

Cyber and data incident preparedness: Know your insurance Cyber is in the headlines again, with M&S and other retailers suffering attacks and the cause of the power outage in the Iberian peninsula not yet clear. What is clear, however, is that cyber attacks continue to increase among medium and large businesses ...

Sharing is caring – NIS360’s prescription for stronger cyber risk management As many jurisdictions scramble to transpose the NIS2 directive into national law across the EU, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (“ENISA”) recently released the NIS360, a first-of-its-kind assessment giving cyber practitioners the lay of the la...

Government publishes the 2025 Cyber Security Breaches Survey On 10 April 2025, the Government published its latest Cyber Security Breaches Survey. The tenth edition of the study was commissioned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Home Office and aims to summarise key trends in t...

Proposals published on the UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill On 1 April 2025, the government published a statement providing further detail on the UK’s upcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill. The Bill, which has been expected since the King's Speech last July, will draw considerably from the EU's recent NIS2 r...

Are you ready for NIS2 – new EU cyber law applies from 18 October New European cyber law NIS2 must be implemented at local member state level by 18 October. Do you know if you are in scope (and if you are, what you need to do to comply)? Our briefing will help you understand who is in scope, the new rules NIS2 imposes ...

Cyber optics: ICO and NCA sign collaborative memorandum to improve the UK’s cyber resilience On 10 September 2024, the ICO announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Crime Agency (“NCA”). The joint statement of intent sets out how the regulators will cooperate and work constructively with one another in relation to th...

New Cyber Security and Resilience Bill announced in King’s Speech In the week that saw one of the world’s biggest IT outages, apparently caused by a cyber security firm no-less, a new Cyber Security and Resilience Bill was announced in the UK. The bill was set out in the King’s Speech on Wednesday last week (or, to be m...