A third of respondents suggested implementing new or extending regulation (30%); a
quarter of respondents (24%) thought that investment could be stimulated through the
creation of new standards and frameworks or the increased promotion of existing
standards and frameworks; and 16% suggested the use of financial incentives, for
example, grants to cover accreditation. Other recommendations included building
capability through the provision of cyber security education and training (14%), additional
advice guidance and support (14%) and the need for products to be secure by design (3%).
Summary of ‘future policy and regulatory interventions’
This section highlighted the main solutions that organisations currently use for assuring
and standardising the information used in cyber risk management, including the
Government’s existing implementation of Cyber Essentials, General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR), the Network and Information Systems Regulations (NIS) Cyber
Assessment Framework, and industry standards and frameworks such as ISO
certifications and NIST.
Despite the existence and use of these standards and frameworks, many respondents
agreed that more information is required around outlining what comprises effective cyber
risk management, the full potential impacts that might be experienced from a cyber attack
and additional threat information. It was suggested this additional assured information
could be created and made available with improved standards and frameworks, either
new or existing.
However, the Call for Evidence findings highlighted that there is also support for
organisations to be required to take more responsibility and accountability for effective
cyber risk management through the implementation of additional regulation, either to
increase responsibility and accountability at the senior level or more generally to
stimulate investment in effective cyber risk management.
Next steps
As put forth in the Call for Evidence, the development of policy interventions that help
support recovery and future resilience of organisations across the UK will be most
effective when done in partnership and with an understanding of what works, so it is
important that a wide range of views from organisations of all sizes and sectors is
captured in the development of new policy interventions. If we want to see sustained
cultural change across organisations, we need to ensure that this work engages all
organisations that influence and set market standards and act as drivers for corporate
governance, risk management and business continuity.
DCMS will continue to progress the development of new interventions, and we will set out
further detail on policy proposals in this area over the coming months, as set out below.
Next steps include:
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