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Major companies including M&S, Nationwide, ITV, Microsoft UK and Cloudflare have become early signatories to a new Government-backed Cyber Resilience Pledge. The initiative asks businesses to take practical measures to protect themselves, their customers and supply chains from cyber attacks.
Signatories are expected to give cyber security greater attention at board level, make use of National Cyber Security Centre tools and improve the management of risks involving suppliers. The Government said the pledge was designed to turn general awareness into measurable action across the private sector.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said recent attacks had demonstrated the economic and operational damage that weak cyber resilience could cause. Ministers are urging more organisations to join as part of a wider effort to improve national preparedness and reduce disruption to essential services.