H-ISAC TLP White Hacking Healthcare - Weekly Blog - November 20, 2025

This week, Health-ISAC®'s Hacking Healthcare® examines the recent introduction of a United Kingdom (UK) legislative bill that would update its Network and Information Security (NIS) regulations. Join us as we break down what the UK government hopes to achieve with the new legislation and how it may impact the health sector.  

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U.K. Network and Information Security (NIS) Regulation Reform Introduced to Parliament 

Overview

Prior to the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU), like all EU members, the UK adopted EU regulations and directives, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by transcribing them into national law. However, since leaving the EU in 2020, it is no longer bound by EU policy approaches and has had to chart its own course on issues like cybersecurity and privacy. The result of this split has led the UK down a path of slowly updating its EU-era laws and regulations, often taking inspiration from, and lagging a bit behind, the EU's own regulatory updates. 

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