{"id":286860,"date":"2026-07-07T06:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/governments-cyber-pledge-lands-60-signatories-including-ms-and-somehow-capita\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:30:11","slug":"governments-cyber-pledge-lands-60-signatories-including-ms-and-somehow-capita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/governments-cyber-pledge-lands-60-signatories-including-ms-and-somehow-capita\/","title":{"rendered":"Government’s cyber pledge lands 60 signatories, including M&S and, somehow, Capita"},"content":{"rendered":"

Government’s cyber pledge lands 60 signatories, including M&S and, somehow, Capita<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/security\/2026\/07\/07\/governments-cyber-pledge-lands-60-signatories-including-ms-and-somehow-capita\/5267554<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-07 06:07:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.theregister.com<\/a><\/p>\n

security<\/p>\n

Whitehall’s latest attempt to boost corporate cyber hygiene has already produced a curious roll call<\/p>\n

After serving as last year\u2019s poster child for retail cyber misery, Marks & Spencer has become one of the first companies to sign up to the UK government’s new Cyber Resilience Pledge.<\/p>\n

The retailer is among 60 organizations that have signed up to the voluntary scheme, launched by technology secretary Liz Kendall on Tuesday. Signatories commit to treating cybersecurity as a board-level responsibility, signing up to the National Cyber Security Centre’s Early Warning service, and encouraging suppliers to achieve Cyber Essentials certification or an equivalent baseline.<\/p>\n

“Today, some of Britain’s biggest businesses are taking action to strengthen their cyber defenses and setting a powerful example for others to follow,” Kendall said. “By signing this Pledge, they are showing that cyber resilience is no longer just an IT issue – it is a business imperative.”<\/p>\n

She warned that cyberattacks can disrupt services, expose customer data, and damage the bottom line, adding that AI is making attacks “more sophisticated and easier to launch.”<\/p>\n

M&S’s appearance is hardly surprising. After falling victim to one of the UK’s highest-profile cyber incidents last year, opting out would have raised more eyebrows than opting in.<\/p>\n

More interesting are some of the names missing from the government’s roll call.<\/p>\n

Not every member of last year’s cyber casualty club made the guest list. Co-op and Harrods are absent from the government’s roll call, as is Jaguar Land Rover, which spent weeks recovering from a cyberattack before later receiving a \u00a31.5 billion government-backed lifeline to help shield its supply chain from the fallout.<\/p>\n

The pledge is entirely voluntary, so their absence doesn’t necessarily say anything about their security posture, but if ministers are presenting the initiative as a badge of good cyber…<\/p>\n

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