Roles and Responsibilities
Roles and Responsibilities
Government
• Strategic direction
• Legal Framework
Industry
Regulators
Duty Holders
Office for Nuclear Regulation
• Manage and mitigate their cyber
vulnerabilities
• Assurance of supply chain
• Regulate for cyber security and
information assurance.
• Hold industry to account on behalf of
the public
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Department for Business,
Energy and Industrial Strategy
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8. Meeting the current and future risks of compromise efficiently and effectively requires a
joined up approach between the Government, regulators, operators and the supply
chain. It is a balance of the right legislative framework, timely and accurate intelligence,
capability and capacity to implement change and deal with the unexpected. The key
roles of each of the partners in delivering this can be illustrated in the following
diagram:
National Cyber Security Centre
• Threat and vulnerability intelligence
Information Commisioner
• Manage and mitigate their cyber
vulnerabiliites.
• Inform Duty holders of any
compromises or vulnerabilities
• Uphold information rights in the public
interest
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Nuclear Decomissioning
Authority
Supply Chain
• Enhance cyber security across the
decommissioning estate and its
subsidiaries.
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Government
9. Government, through BEIS as the lead Government department for the sector, sets the
strategic direction and legal framework while also bringing together threat information
for the sector to be able to inform the measures they need to meet both regulatory
requirements as well as their own personal risk concerns. Through the National Cyber
Security Centre (NCSC) the Government also supports UK business, including the
nuclear sector, in incident management and response. Finally, through the National
Cyber Security Programme BEIS is supporting industry, with c£1.2m in 2015/16 to
directly assist in increasing capability and capacity in the sector. The Government also
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