Workshop Free

DSIT Virtual Workshop on Proposed Regulation of Data Centres via the NIS Regulations

2pm – 3.30pm 9 April 2025 Online

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's (DSIT) Data Infrastructure Security and Resilience team would like to invite data center operator in techUK membership to a virtual workshop focused on scope details of proposed regulation of data centres via the Network and Information Systems Regulations (NIS) regulations.

The Data Infrastructure Security and Resilience team value collaborative and transparent policy development and have hugely benefitted from the industry's insights during previous consultations and engagement over the years.

Agenda (duration: up to 1.5 hours)

Recap of proposed regulation
Discussion of scope details
Next steps

In today’s interconnected world, timing resilience is a critical yet often overlooked component of national infrastructure. Precision in time and frequency distribution underpins essential services, ensuring they remain accurate and dependable even in the face of disruptions. From data centres to energy grids, telecommunications networks, and water systems, the requirements of resilient timing services are becoming increasingly apparent.

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Luisa C. Cardani

Head of Data Centres Programme, techUK

Luisa C. Cardani is the Head of the Data Centres Programme at techUK, aiming to provide a collective voice for UK operators and working with government to improve business environment for the data centres sector.

Prior to joining techUK, Luisa worked in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as the Head of International Data Protection, where she led on the development of elements of the UK's data protection and privacy policy. In her role, she was also the UK official representative for the EOCD Privacy Guidelines Informal Advisory Group.

She has held a number of position in government, including leading on cross-cutting data provisions in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and in high priority cross-departmental projects when working in the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

She holds an M.Sc. from University College London's Department of Political Sciences.

Email:: [email protected]
Phone:: 07587 210 799
Website:: www.techUK.org
LinkedIn:: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luisacardani

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Lucas Banach

Programme Assistant, Data Centres, Climate, Environment and Sustainability, Market Access, techUK

Lucas Banach is Programme Assistant at techUK, he works on a range of programmes including Data Centres; Climate, Environment & Sustainability; Market Access and Smart Infrastructure and Systems.

Before that Lucas who joined in 2008, held various roles in our organisation, which included his role as Office Executive, Groups and Concept Viability Administrator, and most recently he worked as Programme Executive for Public Sector. He has a postgraduate degree in International Relations from the Andrzej Frycz-Modrzewski Cracow University.