Regulation & Policy
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UK presses device makers on child safety
The UK Government says technology companies must introduce device-level controls to stop children taking, sharing, receiving, or viewing nude images, with legislation threatened if industry does not act.
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G7 sets cyber resilience priorities
The European Commission has backed a G7 cybersecurity declaration focused on post-quantum migration, AI security, telecoms resilience, SMEs, and software supply chain transparency.
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ENISA ties SBOM adoption to CRA
ENISA says the Cyber Resilience Act is accelerating SBOM adoption, moving software component transparency deeper into procurement, vulnerability management, supplier assurance, and product-risk governance.
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EU cyber package moves forward
EU telecoms ministers have advanced work on the Digital Networks Act and Cybersecurity Act 2, bringing infrastructure resilience, ENISA’s role, certification, ICT supply chain risk, and NIS2 simplification into scope.
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WhatsApp asks court to sanction NSO
Meta says WhatsApp disrupted NSO-linked spear-phishing attempts and is asking a US court to hold the spyware vendor in contempt of a permanent injunction.
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UK pushes device-level safety controls
The UK government has given Apple and Google three months to implement device-level nudity blocking for children, raising wider questions about endpoint controls, privacy, and platform accountability.
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G7 cyber declaration puts resilience first
The G7 cybersecurity declaration links AI security, post-quantum migration, telecoms resilience, and software supply chain transparency to Europe’s widening cyber regulation and infrastructure agenda.
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MPs press FCA over Palantir data risk
The FCA says its Palantir trial uses encrypted data under regulator control, but MPs and campaigners want clearer answers on US legal exposure, procurement dependency, and public-sector AI governance.
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Who governs machine-speed cyber defence?
GCHQ’s AI defence case raises hard questions about how autonomy, oversight, private-sector data, procurement, and accountability will be governed in machine-speed cyber response.
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UK cyber bill nears Commons vote
The UK cyber resilience bill is nearing another Commons stage. The legislation would expand regulated-sector coverage and bring suppliers, data centres, and managed services closer to statutory cyber oversight.