From: Out-Law.com
The EU’s Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive will be implemented in the UK, the government has confirmed.
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The NIS Directive sets out measures designed to ensure critical IT systems in central sectors of the economy like banking, energy, health and transport are secure. It will apply to operators of such “essential services” and to “digital service providers”. EU countries have until 9 May 2018 to implement the Directive into national law.
The government’s report featured the results of a review into cybersecurity regulation and incentives (27-page / 559KB PDF) it carried out. According to the UK government’s conclusions from the review, it is “not currently justified” to impose new cybersecurity regulations on businesses, above those set out in data protection law and those that will apply to some organisations under the NIS Directive.
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