{"id":3606,"date":"2022-12-05T11:31:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T11:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nebrcentre.co.uk\/?p=3606"},"modified":"2022-12-05T11:31:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T11:31:06","slug":"uk-parliament-approves-new-bill-to-regulate-cyber-security-of-smart-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/uk-parliament-approves-new-bill-to-regulate-cyber-security-of-smart-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Parliament Approves New Bill to Regulate Cyber Security of Smart Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The UK government has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/brodies.com\/insights\/ip-technology-and-data\/government-introduces-new-bill-on-the-security-of-connected-devices\/\">introduced a new Bill into parliament<\/a>, which will require manufacturers and distributors of smart devices to ensure that they are more resilient to&nbsp;cyber attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proposed by the government over a year ago,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bills.parliament.uk\/bills\/3069\">the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI)<\/a>&nbsp;is set to introduce a regulatory scheme for internet-connected devices to be more reliable and safer against potential&nbsp;cyber attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manufacturers and distributors that fail to produce safe devices would be breaking the law and could face criminal and civil penalties as a result.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the law seeks to make the UK more connected by introducing higher broadband speeds through fibre networks and wireless connectivity in remote areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further updates on the digital landscape, sign up for our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/core-membership-sign-up\/\">free core membership<\/a>\u00a0and access a wealth of handy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/resources\/\">cyber security resources<\/a>\u00a0and a regular\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/news\/\">newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/\"><strong>NEBRC<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;is a non-profit organisation that seeks to educate, inform, and&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/services\/\"><strong>support<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;businesses across the UK on staying safe online through strong cyber security practices.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK government has&nbsp;introduced a new Bill into parliament, which will require manufacturers and distributors of smart devices to ensure that they are more resilient&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}