23 Jul, 2024 New Cyber Security and Resilience Bill announced in King’s Speech By Ralie Belcheva In the week that saw one of the world’s biggest IT outages, apparently caused by a cyber security firm no-less, a new Cyber Security and...
27 Jun, 2024 Capping liability: far from a model of clarity in TCS v DBS By Callum Borg Negotiating and drafting a liability clause is never easy. We’ve seen a number of liability clauses scrutinised in court in recent years,...
26 Feb, 2024 A “missed economic opportunity”: the European Commission publishes its Digital Infrastructure White Paper By Phoebe McGibbon James Cook On 21st February, the European Commission (EC) published a White Paper titled “How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?”. ...
10 Jan, 2024 NCSC Publishes Guidelines on Secure AI System Development: a Concerted International Approach By Slaughter and May Everyone’s talking about AI at the moment (see our round-up of recent developments here and here). A consensus is building across...
21 Dec, 2023 A “global gold standard”: the UK government consults on proposed measures to bolster the security and resilience of UK data infrastructure By Phoebe McGibbon James Cook The UK government is consulting on proposed regulations to improve the security and resilience of UK data infrastructure, including data...
25 Oct, 2023 UK government finalises IoT cybersecurity requirements By Ollie Cantrill The UK government has published the final version of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements...
17 Oct, 2023 CMA launches market investigation into public cloud infrastructure services By Adam Bruell On 5 October 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority launched a market investigation into the supply of public cloud...
01 Aug, 2023 Cyber lessons we can all learn from the ICO’s reprimand of BNT By Natalie Donovan Given the number of cyber-attacks currently taking place, it’s always interesting to see what triggers a regulator to take action. The...
25 Jul, 2023 IoT cybersecurity regulation picks up pace By Slaughter and May The regulatory framework for securing IoT devices is attracting the attention of both UK and EU regulators. In the EU, its Member States...
27 Jun, 2023 In the global race to regulate AI, will the EU get there first? By Issabella Cardu As pressure to regulate AI continues to mount around the world, the European Parliament has approved its negotiating position for the EU...
12 Jun, 2023 Post Capita and Zellis, how do you manage cyber supply chain risk? By Natalie Donovan The recent Capita, MOVEit and Zellis cyber attacks are another reminder of the importance of considering supply chain risk as part of...
26 Jan, 2023 ICO tech report highlights privacy challenges for four key technologies By Natalie Donovan The ICO is encouraging developers to consider privacy at an early stage when implementing new technologies and, in its first annual...
20 Dec, 2022 Government pushes ahead with plans to strengthen UK’s cyber resilience and regulate more IT services By Natalie Donovan Protecting critical services and infrastructure from cyber incidents is a key priority for legislators on both sides of the channel. We...
29 Nov, 2022 EU expands scope of its cyber rules as NIS 2 agreed By Slaughter and May The EU has agreed changes to its cybersecurity rules. On 22 November 2022, the “NIS 2 Directive” received approval from the European...
25 Oct, 2022 Are you on top of your cyber supply chain risk? If not, new NCSC guidance may help By Natalie Donovan Is your organisation one of the mere 7% of businesses who review the cyber risks posed by your wider supply chain, or one of the 93% that...
23 Sep, 2022 Exclusive jurisdiction clauses and software licences – High Court reminds us that they’re not so simple By Richard Barker When you are ‘buying’ (in this case, licensing) software, you want to know the risks associated with the deal. One key risk is where you...