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UK government demands action from CEOs as national cyber incidents hit record high

Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP, UK Secretary of State for Science and Innovation.
Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP was one of the authors of the joint letter. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The government is taking significant action to counter cyber threat and has developed tools for businesses to defend themselves.

The UK government, alongside national security leaders, has issued an unprecedented joint letter to the chief executives and chairs of the nation’s largest companies, including all FTSE 350 firms, calling for immediate and mandatory steps to combat a “direct and active threat” to national security.

​The highly unusual communication, signed