Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 10514

Telecommunications: Security

Tabled: 22 October 2024
Answered: 30 October 2024

Question

Carla Lockhart

Democratic Unionist PartyUpper Bann

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to increase the resilience of telecommunications infrastructure in Northern Ireland, in the context of recent ransomware attacks in the last 12 month

Answer

Chris Bryant
The Government is committed to ensuring the security and resilience of the UK's telecommunications infrastructure. The Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 introduced a robust security framework throughout the United Kingdom and requires public telecoms...

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