As it exits EU, Britain's cyber ties with U.S. likely to strengthen

The United Kingdom's extensive alignment with U.S. approaches to cybersecurity takes some of the policy uncertainty out of the UK's upcoming exit from the Europe Union, while details will be worked out over the next two years on how EU data regulations apply to U.S. and other companies operating in Britain.

Analysts including those at PriceWaterhouseCoopers are stressing that the UK and companies operating there will still likely be bound by EU data security rules that are largely opposed...