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September 2016 Edition

BREXIT Moves UK to Isolationism; Cybersecurity Policy Borderless
By Erika B. Swanner

BREXIT, May Move Britain Toward Isolationism, Opposite
Needed for Borderless Cybersecurity Policies

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Britain’s recent referendum in favor of leaving the
European Union has seen much speculation of late.
The pound continues to fall and many countries in
the EU would like to see Britain leave before the
two-year deadline. BREXIT has other EU members
weighing the benefits of belonging to the EU as well.
And many in cybersecurity are looking ahead to see
which deadline wins: Britain’s official exit from the
EU or the deadline, May 25, 2018, imposed by the
EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),
in which companies must be prepared to report
breaches within 72 hours, and can be fined up to
four percent of their global revenue.
No one really knows how this, or any current regulations, for that matter, are going to play out in the
coming months and years for Britain. However,
there are a few things we do know that may help
us to surmise realistic possibilities or assumptions
at best.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe, the UK Minister for Data Protection

The UK Minister for Data Protection, Baroness
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