Cyber resilience of UK digital infrastructure
Ahead of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), an office of both Houses of Parliament, has brought out a briefing note on ‘cyber resilience of UK digital infrastructure’.
The briefing goes over cyber threats, noting that cyber or physical attacks may be conducted by financially motivated criminals, politically driven ‘hacktivists’, or insiders. It recalls the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack that exploited a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows software used to share files over a network, and affected the NHS among many others worldwide; and points out that legacy technology is a significant issue for the UK Government. Meanwhile, cyber attacks on operational technology are rising; and vendors may have weaker cybersecurity than the CNI operators they supply; and skills shortages are a well-documented barrier to cyber risk management.
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