The letter S in a light blue, stylized speech bubble followed by SpeakBits
SpeakBitsThe letter S in a light blue, stylized speech bubble followed by SpeakBits
Trending
Top
New
Controversial
Search
Groups

Enjoying SpeakBits?

Support the development of it by donating to Patreon or Ko-Fi.
About
Rules
Terms
Privacy
EULA
Cookies
Blog
Have feedback? We'd love to hear it!

Britain labels data centers critical infrastructure to boost cyber defenses

cnbc.com
submitted
10 mos ago
byjustadevtotechnology

Summary

The U.K. on Thursday said it now classes data centers as critical infrastructure. The move is expected to boost cybersecurity in the country. Data center operators will effectively be given a direct line to the government.

The U.S. government is planning to spend $10.45 billion on infrastructure projects. The U.K. government plans to spend an additional $2.5 billion on the construction of new schools.

 modem oscilloscope scope cathode-ray oscilloscope CRO knot hard disc hard disk fixed disk-0
17

5 Comments

3
valiantexplorer
10 mos ago
Does this also allow them to put in backdoors without issue?
2
justadevOP
10 mos ago
I dont think they needed to do this to accomplish that
2
valiantexplorer
10 mos ago
That's probably true, they've had a ton of backdoors in these places already
2
joesch
10 mos ago
This should open up funding to actually help regular people right?
2
justadevOP
10 mos ago
Hopefully in the name of actually providing data protection