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MI5 workload expands as UK rolls out new 'critical infrastructure' designations

Chris Bryant, now Minister of State for Trade, stated in 2025 when Minister of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology that 'the whole of the data infrastructure process is now part of the critical national infrastructure'.
Chris Bryant, now Minister of State for Trade, stated in 2025 when Minister of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology that "the whole of the data infrastructure process is now part of the critical national infrastructure". © Leon Neal/Getty Images Europe via AFP
Whitehall is quietly extending the Critical National Infrastructure classification across the UK's communications landscape, imposing new responsibilities on MI5's National Protective Security Authority. [...]
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