Cybersecurity
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 89 of the Strategic Defence Review, updated on 8 July 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill on cyber defences.
Answered by Kanishka Narayan
The Strategic Defence Review sets out the high-level priorities for defence across government and highlights that greater attention must be given to the space and cyber and electromagnetic domain. This includes a more proactive posture to harden critical defence functions against cyber attacks.
The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will benefit defence and the priorities of the Strategic Defence Review by strengthening UK’s overall cyber defence by ensuring that the essential and digital services (including some Critical National Infrastructure) on which the UK public, businesses and Government rely, including the Ministry of Defence, are more resilient and secure. The Bill will be introduced when Parliamentary time allows.
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