Upcoming Changes to the UK’s Cyber Security Law - The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill

Introduction

The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill is set to overhaul cyber security regulation in the UK through updates to the UK’s NIS Regulations. New sectors will be brought into scope, incident reporting obligations will be expanded, and penalties of up to 4% of worldwide turnover will be introduced. This session will unpack the proposed changes and the uplift to the existing regime.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Latest progress of the Bill through Parliament - where it is now and the remaining stages before it becomes law
• Overview of the existing NIS regime, sectors covered, obligations, and penalties
• Overview of the new sectors and organisations covered and the obligations that can fall on each: data centres, managed service providers, large load controllers, and designated critical suppliers
• Outline the amended incident notification obligations and other new and expanded obligations, and the new penalties regime
• New powers for the secretary of state and regulators
• Compare the proposed regime to the EU’s NIS2

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.