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The Govenment has published the Network and Information Security Regulations 2018, which will implement the EU NIS Directive in the UK from May 9th. The education sector is not covered by either law.
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[UPDATE: the Directive has now been published, with Member States required to transpose it into their national laws by 9 May 2018]
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At present only public telecommunications providers are required by European law to notify their customers of security breaches affecting their privacy, including breaches that the confidentiality, integrity or availability of personal data. In the UK the Information Commissioner has published recommendations on handling privacy breaches, including when to notify those affected.
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The various committees of the European Parliament have now published their response to the Commission’s draft Network and Information Security Directive.
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The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published a summary of the responses to its consultation on the proposed EU Directive on Network and Information Security (NIS). Summarising that summary (!):
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A wide-ranging panel discussion at the TERENA Networking Conference considered the stability of the Internet routing system at all levels from technology to regulation. The conclusion seemed to be that at the moment the Internet is stable because two systems, technical and human, compensate effectively for each others’ failings. While improvements to increase stability may be possible, they must beware of disrupting the current balance or introducing new ways that it can fail.
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ENISA’s Critical Cloud Computing report examines cloud from a Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) perspective: what is the impact on society of outages or attacks? The increasing adoption of the cloud model has both benefits and risks.
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The European Commission’s Cyber Security Strategy aims to ensure that Europe benefits from a “robust and innovative Internet”. The Strategy has five priorities:
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