Introducing the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill – Hill Dickinson
On 1 April 2025 the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) published a policy statement sharing further detail on the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (the Bill), which was announced in the King’s Speech in July last year. You can find the statement here.
The UK’s current cybersecurity law is set out in the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Regulations 2018 (NIS Regulations) and is based on the EU’s NIS Directive. The EU replaced the NIS Directive, post-Brexit, with the NIS 2 Directive. The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill seeks to similarly bring the UK NIS Regulations up to date, strengthening the cybersecurity and incident notification requirements in the UK.
Proposed updates include:
The policy statement highlights that there are some further measures, not referred to in the King’s Speech, that may be added to the Bill. These are:
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