Source · Select Committees · National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Recommendation 4
4
Accepted
The Government should update its public and private risk scenarios to cover extensive co-ordinated sabotage...
Recommendation
The Government should update its public and private risk scenarios to cover extensive co-ordinated sabotage to subsea and terrestrial internet infrastructure, including onward connections to Europe. (Recommendation, Paragraph 39) System vulnerabilities
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agrees to develop more detailed technical plans for managing cable systems, engage with operators, conduct sector-specific technical impact assessments, and use these findings to inform additional contingency plans and the National Emergency Plans framework for Subsea Cables.
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Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
The Government agrees with the Committee on the importance of ensuring that public and private risk scenarios reflect the evolving threat landscape, including the potential for coordinated sabotage targeting subsea cables, terrestrial infrastructure, and onward connections to Europe. telecoms and internet infrastructure, as part of the Government’s national risk assessment process. This will include consideration of how best to update the reasonable worst-case scenarios (RWCS) within our national risk assessments to reflect the possibility of coordinated sabotage on subsea and terrestrial internet infrastructure, including onward connections to Europe.
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