The threat posed by hackers to critical infrastructure in Britain is increasing, leaving a “widening gap” between the potential for harm and the collective ability to defend against it, the country’s cybersecurity agency warned on Wednesday.

In its latest attempt to sound the alarm about that threat, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) again stressed that Britain was underestimating the severity of the risk from cyberattacks and provided updated guidance to infrastructure operators to protect themselves.

Despite these repeated warnings, there are continuing delays from both the government and the private sector in taking action to drive forward even basic levels of security. As the agency’s chief complained earlier this year, many organizations still fail to follow the NCSC’s cybersecurity guidance and advice.

The government itself is now several years late in introducing cybersecurity legislation intended to improve resilience across critical national infrastructure sectors, despite the NCSC’s calls for a strategic policy agenda to tackle shortcomings.

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