In ourlast blog,we gave a rundown of what the Telecommunications (Security) Act (TSA) is, why it's been introduced, who it affects, when it starts, and how firms can prepare. Here, we take a closer look into the themes introduced by the Act, explore how the telecoms industry can explore zero trust to further improve its security posture, and outline the benefits that can be gained when complying.

When the Telecoms Security Act (TSA) was introduced, it was labelled as 'one of the strongest telecoms security regimes in the world, a rise in standards across the board, set by the government rather than the industry' by Matt Warman, former Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport. The industry is certainly feeling the impending impact of the act -with one industry pundit at an event we ran recently describing it as a 'multi-generational change' for the sector.

One of the headline grabbers stemming from the Act are the associated fines. With the new powers granted to it by the Act, Ofcom now has the responsibility to oversee operators' security policies and impose fines of up to 10 percent of turnover or