Member

I support the noble Baroness’s objectives around professional standards, particularly monitoring the supply and demand for cyber skills. I am a little more cautious about giving the council an additional audit role that could overlap with the responsibilities of existing regulators. But there is a more fundamental question here for the Government. The Bill substantially increases both the number of organisations subject to cyber regulation and the duties placed on them. Have the Government assessed how many additional skilled cyber professionals will be required to deliver all this? If we create more cyber obligations without ensuring that we have people capable of delivering them, we will have increased compliance without necessarily increasing our resilience.