The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched a consultation to gather feedback on ways to improve the security and resilience of UK data centres and online cloud platforms.
Experts are invited to participate in the consultation if they have ideas on how security techniques employed in already-regulated areas might be used to safeguarding the nation's data.
Examples of such tools and practices include incident management plans, mandatory notice periods when infrastructure or services are impacted, and a need for an individual, board, or committee to be personally accountable for security and resilience.
To better understand the threats that data centre and cloud services face, the DCMS is specifically looking for input from data centre operators and clients, cloud service providers, security and equipment vendors, and cybersecurity experts.
It's also looking for information on what efforts are being taken now to address security and resilience issues.
Companies who operate, buy, or rent any element of a data centre will also be asked to provide information on the sorts of clients they serve.
Based on the feedback, the DCMS says it will assess if any additional government assistance is required to minimise risk to data storage and processing infrastructure.
Any additional safeguards for data infrastructure, according to the consultation, would be built on the top of current safeguards.
This includes the Networks and Information Systems (NIS) regulations, which were adopted in 2018 to encompass cloud services and are now being amended to reflect the growing significance of supply chain security.
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