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UK cybersecurity Bill: expands NIS scope, imposes duties on supply chains and designated critical suppliers, classifies data centres as CNI, and proposes 24/72-hour incident reporting aligned with NIS2

Published on: 02 April 2025

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The measures impose tougher supply chain responsibilities on operators of essential services and relevant digital service providers. By widening obligations beyond the existing Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018, SI 2018/506 (NIS), the new Bill would draw more businesses into the UK’s cybersecurity oversight and scrutiny, covering further sectors and their supply chains. The reforms would enable regulators to name designated critical suppliers, placing them under requirements akin to those for essential services, and would place comparable duties on certain small digital services that underpin the delivery of essential services. On 1 April 2025, Kyle said the Bill will require regulated organisations to strengthen their cyber defences, adding that ‘ensuring the security of the vital services which will deliver growth is non-negotiable’. Framing growth as central to the cybersecurity overhaul aligns with the government’s present focus on positive economic outcomes. A policy paper issued on 1 April 2025 (see: LNB News 01/04/2025 22) explains that the reforms would mandate more incident reporting by companies and give the government greater latitude to refresh regulatory frameworks as needed over time where appropriate. Many significant events currently go unreported under the ...

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