Post-Brexit UK may still need to adhere to EU cyber rules

Post-Brexit UK may still need to adhere to EU cyber rules

Brexit has caused some uncertainty among businesses in the UK, but early suggestions are that they may be forced to comply with the new EU cyber security rules.

The Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive ranks as the very first EU cyber security rule. Its purpose is to reach a high standard of security information and network systems for security across Europe.

The plan is to improve cyber capabilities nationwide, increasing co-operation from the EU and introducing incident reporting and risk management obligation for digital and essential services.

Organisations in these sectors, operating in the EU, will be forced to adhere to updated technical requirements, likely to be in place in August next year. It is as yet unclear, however, how far these rules will apply to businesses in the UK following the country’s decision to leave the EU.

Conor Ward, from law firm Hogan Lovells, believes that all providers of digital services will be affected by the obligation to submit a report after a security breach.

He said:

“They will need to appoint a representative in a member state and the digital service provider will be under the jurisdiction of the member state where the representative is established. This will at least give the service provider some opportunity to ‘forum shop’ or elect to be supervised in the most favourable jurisdiction.”

Firms in the UK, especially those in the digital services sector, would be well advised to monitor this story. Any business today should have at least one member of staff who is cyber savvy so that they have someone on board who can not only file necessary reports, but also help to prevent a breach in the first place. That’s why creating cyber security jobs is so important in the current climate.

Our accreditations & Partners

  • REC Member
  • VTC - Virtual Technology Cluster
  • Bloom Nepro
  • YPO
  • Crown Commerical Service
  • Disability Confident
  • ISO 9001
  • Armed Force Covenant
  • Cyber Essentials Plus
  • ISO 27001

Thanks

Success

Thanks

Success

Thank you for signing up to the acumin alerts.

Send CV

Send us your CV and have our recruiters match you to the ideal opportunities

Do you already have an account with us?

Log in

Want to have an account with us?

Register

Want to just send us your CV?

Upload only doc, docx, odt, pdf format file.

By submitting your registration and CV to us you are agreeing to join our database and to be contacted about relevant jobs industry communications. Please read our terms of business for more information.

Password reset

If you need a reminder for your password, fill out the field below

Log in

Access your account to edit your contact details, job alerts or to upload a new CV

Thank you

Success

Thank you for successfully uploading your CV.

Acumin Alerts

Success

Thanks for registering for Acumin alerts.

Acumin Alerts

Unfortunately your CV could not be uploaded

Please make sure your CV is one of the following file types: doc, docx, odt, pdf, rtf

Acumin Spam

Unfortunately your submission has been declared spam. Please try again.

Vacancy

Success

Thank you for submitting your vacancy.

Register

Create an account to register your contact details, sign up for job alerts and upload your CV

Success

Thanks for registering for Acumin alerts. To get the most out of Acumin's service why not register with us?

Upload only doc, docx, odt, pdf format file.
- Practitioner
- Commercial

I agree to the terms and conditions and to be contacted by recruiters:

I agree to receive marketing communications relevant to my job search:

I agree to receive Jobs By Email for the following professions:
- Business Continuity Management
- Counter Fraud
- Cyber Security
- Executive Management
- Governance & Compliance
- Information Security & Risk Management
- Penetration Testing & Digital Forensics
- Sales and Marketing
- Sales Engineering
- Security Management
- Technical Security
- Information/Risk Assurance
- Identity Management
- Application Security
- Security Architecture
- Dev/Sec Ops
- DV & SC Cleared Jobs
- Programme & Project Management
- CISO/CSO

Submit a Vacancy

Use the form below to submit a vacancy