Government response to the
call for views on software resilience and security for businesses
and organisations
Details
In February 2023 the government published a call for views on software
resilience and security for businesses and organisations. The
government is now publishing its response.
Cyber attacks targeting weaknesses in software continue to affect
many organisations across the UK. Recent, high profile attacks
demonstrate the urgency and importance of improving software
security at scale, in order to improve cyber resilience in all
technologies and across all sectors of the UK. The call for views
gathered public views on the range of risks linked to software,
to understand what is already being done to manage the
associated risks, and sought views on what further
government action would be most effective at driving
improvements.
The call for views ran for 12 weeks from 6 February to 1 May
2023, during which time the government engaged with over 200
stakeholders from a wide range of organisations and sectors
through a variety of workshops, webinars and bilateral meetings.
Submissions were received from 136 software vendors, developers
and customers, academics, insurance bodies, cyber security
experts and other industry stakeholders. This breadth of views
has formed the basis for the analysis, and has shaped the
government’s approach to software security and resilience moving
forward.
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notice.
To read more about the government’s policies in this area please
visit the cyber
resilience section.
This work is part of the government’s £2.6 billion National Cyber
Strategy to protect and promote the UK online.
