"The digital rights outfit says the bill, which is due to receive its second reading in the House of Commons today, represents a rare opportunity to force the government to confront what it sees as a strategic blind spot: the UK's reliance on companies such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and data analytics biz Palantir for everything from cloud hosting to sensitive public sector systems."
""Just as relying on one country for the UK's energy needs would be risky and irresponsible, so is overreliance on US companies to supply the bulk of our digital infrastructure," said James Baker, platform power programme manager at Open Rights Group. He argued that digital infrastructure has become an extension of geopolitical power, and the UK is increasingly vulnerable to decisions taken far beyond Westminster's control."
Open Rights Group warns that the UK depends heavily on US technology firms such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Palantir for cloud hosting and sensitive public sector systems. Digital infrastructure now functions as an extension of geopolitical power, making the UK vulnerable to decisions and leverage exercised outside Westminster. Growing use of economic and technological leverage by allied and adversarial states increases that vulnerability. The Cybersecurity and Resilience Bill provides an opportunity to strengthen UK control over critical digital infrastructure, reduce single-country dependence, and improve national cybersecurity and sovereignty.
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