UK decides to opt in to EU-wide cyber security plan

The UK government announced on the 3 February 2011 that it was to opt in to a European Union directive to tackle the threat posed by cyber crime.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: A strong Britain in an age of uncertainty: The National Security Strategy http://www.europeansources.info/record/a-strong-britain-in-an-age-of-uncertainty-the-national-security-strategy/

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on attacks against information systems and repealing Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-directive-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-on-attacks-against-information-systems-and-repealing-council-framework-decision-2005-222-jha/

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