Businessses face growing pressure from regulators to ensure that cyber risk assessments are fit for purpose.
This month, the UK government published its UK Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025, which found that just over four in ten businesses (43%) experienced a cyber security breach or attack in the last 12 months.
The figure equates to approximately 612,000 UK businesses. It represents a decrease compared to 2024 where 50% experienced a breach or attack, but the number is still alarming.
The study found that phishing remain the most prevalent type of cybercrime, experienced by 85% of those businesses who had experienced a breach or attack.
Meanwhile, in the United States members of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security have reintroduced legislation this month to combat growing cyber threats from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) against the nation’s critical infrastructure sector.
The bill would require the federal government to assess and mitigate growing cyber threats originating in China with either the active or tacit support of the CCP.
The legislation aims to enhance the security and integrity of U.S. critical infrastructure by establishing an inter-agency…
