Select Committee · National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Ransomware

Status: Closed Opened: 31 Oct 2022 Closed: 25 May 2024 1 report

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) welcomes written evidence for its new inquiry into ransomware. The Integrated Review identified ransomware – a type of cyber extortion – as one of the most “pernicious forms of cybercrime”, and the 2021 National Cyber Strategy described it as “the most significant cyber threat facing the …

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
First Report - A hostage to fortune: ransomware and UK nati… HC 194 13 Dec 2023 0 Responded

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions
Date Witnesses
15 Nov 2023 Lindy Cameron · National Cyber Security Centre, Rt Hon Oliver Dowden MP · Cabinet Office, Rt Hon Tom Tugendhat MP · Home Office View ↗
19 Jun 2023 Graeme Biggar · National Economic Crime Centre, Rob Jones · National Crime Agency View ↗
24 Apr 2023 Aidan Larkin · Asset Reality, Emily Taylor, Jamie MacColl · RUSI, John P. Carlin View ↗
30 Jan 2023 Councillor Mary Lanigan · Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, John Ward · Health Service Executive (HSE) of Ireland, Sarah Stephens · Marsh Speciality View ↗
28 Nov 2022 Jayan Perera · Control Risks, Ollie Whitehouse · NCC Group, Professor Sadie Creese · University of Oxford View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
8 Mar 2024 Correspondence from Tom Clementi, Chief Executive Officer, Pool Re, relating to…