--- title: Should the UK cyber resilience bill cover the public sector? description: The UK's Cyber Security and Resilience Bill excludes central and local government despite 40% of NCSC-managed attacks targeting the public sector. Critics... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/should-the-uk-cyber-resilience-bill-cover-the-public-sector--r7dgyq4fz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Should the UK cyber resilience bill cover the public sector? | daily.dev og:description: The UK's Cyber Security and Resilience Bill excludes central and local government despite 40% of NCSC-managed attacks targeting the public sector. Critics... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/should-the-uk-cyber-resilience-bill-cover-the-public-sector--r7dgyq4fz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/r7dGYQ4Fz.png og:image:alt: Should the UK cyber resilience bill cover the public sector? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Should the UK cyber resilience bill cover the public sector? **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The UK's Cyber Security and Resilience Bill excludes central and local government despite 40% of NCSC-managed attacks targeting the public sector. Critics argue this exemption undermines the legislation's effectiveness, especially given recent high-profile breaches like the Legal Aid Agency and Foreign Office incidents. While ministers promise equivalent standards through a separate Cyber Action Plan, experts note this lacks legal enforcement. The government suggests future sector-specific legislation may address public sector security, but the current approach raises questions about its commitment to protecting government systems from increasingly common cyberattacks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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