UK businesses, and in particular start-up companies, face a variety of security-related threats. In some cases, these threats have the potential not just to cause financial or reputational damage to the business concerned, but also to threaten the UK's national security. In order to protect UK assets and infrastructure from national security threats, the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act) was brought into force on 4 January 2022.
It is important that businesses both understand their obligations under the NSI Act regime, especially when seeking new investors, and take appropriate steps to guard against threats they face generally in their day-to-day operations.
Our overview of the NSI Act regime includes an examination of the NSI Act's mandatory and voluntary notification regimes and takes a closer look at some of the high risk sectors within the mandatory regime which are likely to be relevant to tech businesses.
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Our NSI Act checker offers a series of simple questions to help you understand whether notification under the NSI Act is likely to be required or at least considered for your transaction.
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