Recommendation 20

We have heard through this inquiry that there is currently no shared space for industry and Government to simulate their response to combined attacks across multiple sectors, or to plan public and private investments that improve long-term resilience. This is dangerous. The National Exercising Programme, if implemented correctly over the course of this Parliament, is a step in the right direction. However, it is important that these exercises do not solely model the response to singular risks, but that to multiple simultaneous modes of attack. It is only through stress-testing complex simulations that vulnerabilities across the public and private sectors can be identified and addressed. (Conclusion, Paragraph 70)