Last week's poll: enforcing cyber security

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Last week’s poll was based on proposals to fine companies and organisations up to £17m - or four per cent of global turnover - if they fail to take measures to prevent cyber-attacks that could result in major disruption to essential services.

Partly in response to the ransomware attack on the NHS, and aimed at bringing the European Union’s Network and Systems Infrastructure directive into UK law by May 2018, the Department of Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has stated that the system of fines, which is currently the subject of a consultation to which affected organisation are encouraged to contribute, will remain in place following Brexit and may also cover protection against systems failures such as those which affected British Airways earlier this year, which were blamed on a power outage.

More information on the proposals can be found here and the consultation documents are here.

Of the 227 responses, a total of 69 per cent took the view that fines would not be effective and that companies would remain vulnerable (37 per cent), followed by 32 per cent who thought assistance would be more helpful than fines.

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