Progress

Current status
adopted
03 Jun 2026 adopted
22 Oct 2025 processing consultation
28 Aug 2025 in consultation

Scope

Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: internet and telecom services
infrastructure provider: network hardware and equipment
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

03 Jun 2026
adopted

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology adopted revised Telecommunications Security Code of Practice 2026

On 3 June 2026, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology adopted the draft Revised Telecommunications Security Code of Practice 2026 and laid it before Parliament. The Code applies to large and medium-sized public telecommunications pro…

Event type order
Action type adoption
Government branch executive
Government body central government
22 Oct 2025
processing consultation

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology closes consultation on proposed revisions to Telecommunications Security Code of Practice

On 22 October 2025, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) closes the consultation on amendments to the Telecommunications Security Code of Practice. The proposed revisions to the 2022 edition of the Code address evolving threa…

Event type order
Action type consultation closed
Government branch executive
Government body central government
28 Aug 2025
in consultation

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology opened consultation on proposed revisions to Telecommunications Security Code of Practice

On 28 August 2025, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) opened a consultation on amendments to the Telecommunications Security Code of Practice, until 22 October 2025. The proposed revisions to the 2022 edition of the Code ad…

Event type order
Action type consultation opened
Government branch executive
Government body central government