All-Parliamentary Group for Cyber Innovation
To provide a forum for discussion of ideas, solutions and policies to unlock innovation, growth, and diversity in the cyber sector.
About the APPG
This APPG brings together parliamentarians, industry professionals, academia, media and civil society, and aims to attract non-traditional voices into the debate, to facilitate mutual learning, change perceptions and develop new and innovative policy recommendations.
At its heart, the APPG provides an open forum for new ideas and non-traditional voices shifting the way cyber is talked about, perceived, and understood by the public, and within government itself.
APPG Feedback on the csr bill
The Cyber Innovation APPG publishes feedback on the upcoming Cyber Security & Resilience Bill. In this document, the All-Party Group provides an initial view on the upcoming Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR) Bill. It has been informed through a survey with 89 respondents from across the cyber sector and beyond, as well as input from a parliamentary roundtable discussion held under the Chatham House rule that brought together 17 representatives from Managed Service Providers (MSPs), cyber companies, academics and other organisations.
This document is aimed at supporting the development of the CSR Bill, and the Cyber Innovation APPG would be happy to facilitate further engagement between the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), Parliament, and the wider sector. The Bill provides a unique opportunity to improve cyber security and resilience in the UK.
Background
The UK’s cyber sector is a highly innovative, vibrant market that enables growth, opportunities and investment. However, and despite government funding to grow the cyber ecosystem, policymakers and the media have long focused on cyber from a reactive, threat-management and regulatory perspective.
Moreover, and many parts of the cyber sector, from technologists, to SMEs, to the crucially important cyber talent pipeline in schools and universities, hardly ever engage directly with Parliament.
Therefore, the Cyber Innovation APPG establishes an avenue for unique perspectives and solutions to be raised in Parliament and highlighting cyber’s role in enabling our modern society and economy – informing the policy and political debate about how we shape cyber throughout the 21st century and beyond.
This is not an official publication of the House of Commons or the
House of Lords. It has not been approved by either House or its
committees. All-Party Parliamentary Groups are informal groups of
Members of both Houses with a common interest in particular issues.
The views expressed in this report are those of the group.
Members of the APPG for Cyber Innovation
Dan Aldridge MP
Labour, Chair
Max Wilkinson MP
Liberal Democrats, Officer
Sarah Edwards MP
Labour, Officer
John Glen MP
Conservative, Officer
Find the minutes of our latest meetings here