The former CEO of the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) yesterday warned that the UK’s Computer Misuse Act is hampering the nation’s ability to tackle evolving cyber threats, including from hostile states such as Russia.

The CyberUp Campaign has submitted written evidence to the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Bill Committee. .

The CyberUp Campaign has submitted to the Government’s call for information on embedding standards in the cyber security industry.

As we await the outcome of the Home Office review of the CMA, so many of the ambitions set out in the NCS would be furthered by a UK cyber crime law fit for the 21st century. In this short report we detail how a reformed CMA would help to deliver the UK Government’s aims, in support of its national goals.

The Government’s National Cyber Strategy (NCS) published today represents a missed opportunity to introduce a truly 21st century cyber crime law, following the Home Office review of the 31-year old Computer Misuse Act (CMA) earlier in the year.

Following the publication of CyberUp’s Defence Framework, the Trend Micro investigation offers a timely opportunity to apply the framework to a real world example – and see what conclusions we can draw.

The CyberUp Campaign is very grateful to work with Northern Ireland-based cyber security consultancy Vertical Structure on our efforts to reform the Computer Misuse Act. As part of their efforts to support the campaign, and to highlight the issues they face as a business, Simon Whittaker, CEO of Vertical Structure, and Anna Cartwright, an Associate at Turley Legal, Vertical Structure’s legal counsel, have taken part in a podcast discussion on the topic.

The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Bill will enable the Government to require manufacturers, importers and distributors to make sure their consumer connectable products (from smart TVs to smart phones) meet minimum cyber security requirements before they are placed on the UK market (including via online marketplaces), so as to minimise harm.

A new piece of work by the CyberUp Campaign released today puts forward a proposal for a set of principles that would guide the application of a statutory defence under a reformed Computer Misuse Act.

New polling released today shows that two thirds of UK adults (66%) are inclined to support a change in the law to allow cyber security professionals to carry out research to prevent cyber attacks.

The CyberUp Campaign recently hosted a virtual ‘drop in’ event for parliamentarians to discuss the need for reform of the Computer Misuse Act.

The CyberUp Campaign has submitted to the Government’s call for information on the Computer Misuse Act, following the Home Secretary’s announcement of a review into the Act on the 11th May.

Campaigners from the cyber security industry have welcomed Home Secretary Priti Patel’s announcement today that the Government will be conducting a formal review into the Computer Misuse Act.

A new piece of research released today shows that public institutions in the UK are already defining what constitutes ‘good faith’ security research through their vulnerability disclosure policies.

A new report released today by the CyberUp Campaign and techUK has found that the overwhelming majority of cyber security professionals (80 per cent) worry about breaking the law in the process of defending against cyber attacks. It is the first piece of work to quantify and analyse the views of the cyber security industry on this issue.