Spending watchdog blasts UK govt over sloth-like cyber resilience progress

The UK National Audit Office warns that the government is far behind its 2022 Cyber Strategy targets to harden critical systems by 2025 and may not meet them by 2030, citing significant gaps in basic controls across critical services, widespread legacy IT risks, and acute shortages of cybersecurity talent. The report highlights severe and escalating threats evidenced by recent disruptions to public services and recommends a cross-government implementation plan for the strategy within six months and concrete actions to close the cyber skills gap within a year.