Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology by Command of His Majesty
April 2025
CP 1299
ISBN 978-1-5286-5588-0
© Crown copyright 2025
Ministerial foreword
The first duty of this government is to keep its citizens safe. To anticipate the threats we face, minimise the risks we take, and make the UK as safe and secure as it can possibly be. That is what making National Security our number one priority means in practice.
The digital revolution is transforming our Critical National Infrastructure and our essential public services. It offers an extraordinary opportunity – to make our people and our country better off. However, it may also bring new and dangerous vulnerabilities.
In an increasingly dangerous and unstable world, we will not hesitate to protect our people from those who seek to do us harm. For too long, successive governments have failed to properly address the growing risk posed by cyber criminals and hostile states. Last year’s cyber-attack on a supplier to NHS hospitals in London caused more than 11,000 acute outpatient appointments and elective procedures to be postponed. Some of those people will…
