Reactions to the government’s move to include more manager service providers (MSPs) under the scope of the Security and Resilience Bill have started to come in, with distributors and managed service specialists pledging their support for those needing to improve their defences.
Earlier this week, the government shared a Cyber security and resilience policy statement that outlined the need for greater data protection and the impact it would have on managed service providers.
Peter Kyle, the secretary of state for Science, Innovation and Technology, outlined why the changes were happening in the policy statement and the reasons why more MSPs would come under the scope of the legislation.
“MSPs play a critical role in the UK economy by offering core IT services to businesses. These organisations have unprecedented access to clients’ IT systems, networks, infrastructure and data. This makes them an attractive target for malicious actors and subject to cyber attacks, including those that resulted in impacts on clients,” he stated.
“This measure will expand the remit of current regulations by bringing entities who provide managed services into the scope of the…
