Recommendation 3

It is vital that there is continuous monitoring of the investment and technology landscapes to catch non-notified transactions, as well as monitoring for changes to board compositions or ownership models, which may not serve the UK’s security interests, after the initial transaction has taken place with Government intervention if necessary. This should be additional to the notification regime established by the NSI Act and will require regular feed-in from multiple departments, including the FCDO, building on the tech ambassador we recommended in our report on the Integrated Review, Brave new Britain