• NCC Group flagged the UK Cyber Security & Resilience Bill as a major expansion of cyber regulation for critical services.
• Royal Assent is expected in early 2027, with secondary legislation shaping most requirements.
• Full compliance is expected by 2028-29, with a business adjustment period before regulators tighten enforcement.
• Government amendments would add backstop powers on vendor risk, potentially blocking supplier transactions or forcing removal of products from systems.
• Security leaders were urged to map critical supplier dependencies, plan rapid isolation or replacement, then assign board-level decision ownership.

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