5. Julia Lopez, U.K. Government
The U.K. government will classify managed service providers (MSPs) as critical service providers to try to stop supply chain attacks.
The government recently announced it will strengthen the U.K.’s Network and Information Systems (NIS) regulations. The NIS regulations were established to improve the cybersecurity of firms providing critical services, energy companies and the NHS.
The U.K. government said MSPs are also “key to the functioning of essential services that keep the U.K. economy running.”
“The services we rely on for health care, water, energy and computing must not be brought to a standstill by criminals and hostile states,” said U.K. cyber minister Julia Lopez. She made waves when she added the U.K. would be strengthening cyber laws against digital threats.
“This will better protect our essential and digital services and the outsourced IT providers which keep them running,” she said.
Read Christine Horton’s article to learn more about how the industry reacted to these regulations.
