UK Unveils Plan to Protect the Public from Cyber Threats

The United Kingdom has published a Government Cyber Action Plan to bolster cyber defenses across government departments and public services in response to an increasingly hostile threat landscape.

The initiative, backed by more than £210 million in funding, aims to strengthen digital resilience, improve incident response and protect benefits, tax systems, healthcare platforms and other citizen-facing services from cyberattacks.

Unveiled on Jan. 6 by the Department for Science, Innovation and T