Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 1864

ICT: Outages

Tabled: 25 July 2024
Answered: 1 August 2024

Question

Mr Luke Charters

LabourYork Outer

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to (a) prepare for and (b) mitigate future global IT outages.

Answer

Feryal Clark
As we live in a world that is dependent on interconnected systems, it is essential to be prepared for global IT outages. The Government will work with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to review the lessons learned from the recent outage. The Cent...

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