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ICT: Outages

Commons · Question 1864 · Tabled 25 Jul 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 1 Aug 2024

Question

Asked by Luke Charters

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to (a) prepare for and (b) mitigate future global IT outages.

Answer

Answered by Feryal Clark, 1 Aug 2024

As we live in a world that is dependent on interconnected systems, it is essential to be prepared for global IT outages. The Government will work with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to review the lessons learned from the recent outage. The Cent...