With the increasing prevalence of malicious cyberattacks, new
regulations have been introduced to ensure that the government has
knowledge of cyber incidences affecting specific entities in the
following industries:
- electricity
- communications
- data storage or processing
- financial services
- water
- healthcare and medical
- higher education and research
- food and grocery comment transport
- space technology
By implementing a mandatory reporting regime, the government
seeks to strengthen the security and resilience of critical
infrastructure, by empowering the relevant authorities to more
immediately address critical cyber incidents - and to develop
responses and protections to minimise the risk of future incidents
occurring.
