A question on #DataCentres #Cybersecurity tabled by Dan Aldridge on 20-03-2025 has been answered by Feryal Clark.

Heading: Data Centres: Cybersecurity
Question ID: 1787036
UIN: 40034
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-20
Asking Member ID: 5172
Asking Member display name: Dan Aldridge
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Dan Aldridge
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will ensure that data centres are (a) secure and (b) resilient.
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Date answered: 2025-03-28
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Answering Member ID: 4822
Answering Member display name: Feryal Clark
Answering Member handle: FeryalClark
Answering Member Twitter reference: @FeryalClark
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Answer text: Our current cyber security laws – the NIS Regulations (2018) – are inherited from the EU and are the UK’s only cross-sector cyber security-specific legislation. The cyber threat has since evolved since 2018 due to AI and other technology and geopolitical ...
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Answering body ID: 216
Answering body name: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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