United Kingdom: HM Treasury adopted regulations designating 4 cloud service providers as critical third parties
Description
HM Treasury adopted regulations designating 4 cloud service providers as critical third parties
On 8 July 2026, HM Treasury adopted the Critical Third Parties (Designation) Regulations, designating 4 cloud service providers as Critical Third Parties (CTPs). The designated providers include Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Google Cloud EME…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
other service provider, infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government