UK: Regulation Drives Cyber Spending for Critical Infrastructure Orgs

(Kevin Poireault – Infosecurity Magazine) Security leaders at the UK’s top critical national infrastructure (CNI) firms are relying more than ever on regulatory compliance to drive their cyber maturity and investments, Bridewell has found. In its latest Cybersecurity in CNI Report 2026, the UK-based cyber service provider found that 35% of security leaders working across the UK’s 13 CNI sectors cited regulatory requirements as the primary influence on their security programs. This is up from 26% the in 2025 and 29% the year before. In parallel, increased connectivity, the desire to support innovation and evolving cyber threats have all stagnated as cyber maturity influences. Only 25% of respondents mentioned one of these factors as driving security investment in 2025 and 2026. – UK: Regulation Drives Cyber Spending for Critical Infrastructure Orgs – Infosecurity Magazine