UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021
What is UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021?
The UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 amends the Communications Act 2003 to strengthen the security of the UK's telecommunications networks and services. It gives the Secretary of State power to issue security codes of practice and Ofcom powers to enforce compliance. It comprises 55 controls organised across 4 domains, and applies in the United Kingdom.
How UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 maps to other frameworks
All 55 controls, each one mapped to the equivalent requirement in other standards, with the evidence that carries across and the mappings that were judged and rejected shown alongside. No account needed to look.
See the control mappings →The 4 domains UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 groups its controls into
Frameworks that share controls with UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021
Each of these has at least one control mapped to a control in UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021. The number is how many UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 controls are shared, counted from the mapping graph.
Uruguay DPL
2 shared controlsVirginia CDPA
2 shared controlsUK GDPR (UK General Data Protection Regulation)
2 shared controlsUS SEC Digital Assets and Crypto Regulatory Framework
2 shared controlsICAO Annex 17 - Aviation Security (AVSEC)
1 shared controlUS ITAR and EAR - Export Control and Data Security
1 shared controlTraining on frameworks that overlap UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021
There is no course on UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 itself. These cover frameworks that share controls with it, so the material carries across even though the standard named is different.
Where UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 overlaps with the standards you already hold
What an auditor will ask you for
All 10 UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 controls, each with what it requires, the artefacts an auditor will ask you for, and where it commonly fails. Free to read, nothing to fill in.
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Query UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 programmatically
UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021, its 55 controls and every mapping into other standards are available over a REST endpoint and an MCP server, so an agent can read them directly. The free tier is 10 calls a day and needs no signup.
UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 API reference and MCP config →What UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
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