CMA reform raised several times at Cyber Security and Resilience Bill Second reading

Tuesday was a busy day for mentions of the Computer Misuse Act in Parliament, as several MPs spoke up to highlight the opportunity to reform the CMA presented by the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill.

We were delighted to see MPs David Reed, Sarah Russell, and Alison Griffiths in the House of Commons yesterday highlighting the need for reform of the CMA.

They raised important points about the shortcomings of the CMA, which dates from a very different technological era and does not clearly distinguish between malicious activity and legitimate cyber security activity carried out in the public interest—leaving many professionals operating in a legal grey area.

Read their contributions here or watch them on our LinkedIn page here.

We welcome seeing CMA reform and protections for legitimate research increasingly discussed in Parliament, alongside wider efforts to strengthen UK cyber resilience, and we are very grateful to MPs for raising this issue.