Cyber‑Security & Data Protection

Every organisation, whether you manage power stations, commercial buildings or corporate IT depends on reliable systems and trusted data. A cybersecurity breach can: 

• Disrupt operations, causing costly downtime, safety hazards or service interruptions. 

• Trigger financial losses, from ransom payments and recovery costs to regulatory fines and lost revenue. 

• Erode customer trust, turning onceloyal clients into vocal critics and jeopardising future contracts. 

• Undermine strategic initiatives, such as netzero reporting or digitalisation roadmaps, by calling data integrity into question. 

Fact: In May 2021, the Colonial Pipeline Company paused U.S. East Coast fuel deliveries after a ransomware attack paying over $4 million to regain system access and facing weeks of disruption in the aftermath. 

Modern organisations face a shifting threat landscape, where attackers blend technical exploits and socialengineering to breach defences: 

• SupplyChain Compromise & Lateral Movement: One vulnerable vendor or outdated router can serve as a beachhead into your entire network. 

• Ransomware & Data Theft: Cyberextortion groups encrypt critical systems or steal sensitive information, holding it hostage for multimilliondollar payouts. 

• IoT/IIoT Botnets: Poorly secured smart devices can be hijacked into largescale denialofservice attacks, crippling both consumer and industrial networks. 

• ZeroDay Exploits & APTs: Sophisticated adversaries including nationstate actors use undisclosed vulnerabilities to maintain stealthy, longterm access and quietly exfiltrate data. 

Example: The 2020 SolarWinds incident began when attackers injected malicious code into a routine software update - ultimately compromising over 18,000 organisations worldwide and highlighting how a single overlooked vulnerability can cascade into a global crisis. 

 

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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30 (often called “EU PSTI”) supplements RED 2014/53/EU by adding essential cybersecurity requirements. It entered into force on 12 January 2022 and will apply from 1 August 2025, mandating securitybydesign, vulnerabilitydisclosure policies and minimum update periods for internetconnected radio equipment.

The core RED framework has applied since 13 June 2016, setting essential requirements for all radio equipment covering spectrum safety, personaldata safeguards and antifraud measures. The 2022/30 Delegated Regulation (see above) layers in the cybersecurity provisions.

egulation (EU) 2024/2847 on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements was published on 23 October 2024 and entered into force on 10 December 2024. Some reporting obligations (e.g. for vulnerabilities) begin on 11 September 2026, with full application of all provisions from 11 December 2027 

The PSTI Act received Royal Assent in December 2022. Its Security Requirements Regulations (SI 2023/1007) came into force on 29 April 2024, requiring “smart” products sold in Great Britain to meet baseline security measures (e.g. no default passwords, published vulnerabilityreporting and update commitments) 

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre issues ongoing, sectorspecific best practices (including for ICS/SCADA), incidentresponse frameworks and regular threat bulletins supporting practical implementation under all of the above regimes.