The United Kingdom’s alignment with the United States on cybersecurity takes some of the uncertainty out of the U.K.’s exit from the European Union, although details are still to be worked out on how new EU data security regulations will continue to apply to U.S. and other companies operating in Britain.

Regardless of the Brexit issue, analysts quickly surmised that the U.K. and companies operating there will be bound by EU cybersecurity rules that U.S. industry groups see as overly prescriptive and punitive.