Critical infrastructure firms could be fined up to £17m for lacklustre cyber security

Nicholas Fearn
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Energy, water and other companies will need to demonstrate to regulators that they are secure

Critical infrastructure organisations will be fined up to £17 million if they fail to implement appropriate cyber security safeguards.  The government issued the warning over the weekend, tellin...

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