"The funding will establish a Government Cyber Unit, led by the UK's CISO and overseen by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), to improve risk identification, incident response, and recovery capabilities. The unit will also create a dedicated Government Cyber Profession, elevating cybersecurity from its current placement under the broader Government Security Profession."
""Cyberattacks can take vital public services offline in minutes - disrupting our digital services and our very way of life," said digital minister Ian Murray. "This plan sets a new bar to bolster the defenses of our public sector, putting cybercriminals on warning that we are going further and faster to protect the UK's businesses and public services.""
"A scathing report by the National Audit Office (NAO) twelve months ago found 58 of 72 critical IT systems it reviewed across central government contained "multiple fundamental system controls that were at low levels of maturity." Further, ministers were advised that government security risk is "extremely high.""
The UK allocates £210 million to a Government Cyber Action Plan to strengthen defenses across digital public services and align government security standards with critical operators. The funding creates a Government Cyber Unit, led by the UK's CISO and overseen by DSIT, to improve risk identification, incident response, and recovery, and to establish a dedicated Government Cyber Profession. The plan subjects government departments to security requirements like those for cloud providers, search engines, and datacentres, and estimates up to £45 billion annual public-sector savings. The announcement follows high-profile intrusions, major breaches, and an NAO report finding low maturity in many central government IT systems.
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