UK digital operators and service providers should start preparing now for the recently - adopted Network and Information Security ( NIS ) directive , irrespective of Brexit , according to Nic Scott of the firm Risk . NIS , the first EU - wide legislation to provide a " more unified approach to cyber security , " seeks to make reporting cyber attacks an obligation . Technically, the UK is still likely to be a member of the EU in May 2018, but it is not yet clear if the UK will go to the trouble of transposing the NIS directive into UK law. Whether the UK is still part of the EU in order to implement it or not , businesses working with EU states will be affected and should prepare accordingly , he said .
UK digital operators and service providers should start preparing now for the recently - adopted Network and Information Security ( NIS ) directive , irrespective of Brexit , according to Nic Scott of the firm Risk . NIS , the first EU - wide legislation to provide a " more unified approach to cyber security , " seeks to make reporting cyber attacks an obligation . Whether the UK is still part of the EU in order to implement it or not , businesses working with EU states will be affected and should prepare accordingly , he said .