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The government has surveyed UK businesses, charities and educational institutions to find out how they approach cyber security and gain insight into the cyber security issues they face. This official statistic informs government policy on cyber security and how government works with industry to build a prosperous and resilient digital UK.

You can see previous versions of this survey from 2017 - 2023 on the Cyber Security Breaches Survey collection page.

Published

9 April 2024

Period covered

Respondents were asked about their approach to cyber security and any breaches or attacks over the 12 months before the interview. Main survey interviews took place between September 2023 and January 2024. Qualitative follow up interviews took place in December 2023 and January 2024.

Geographic coverage

UK

Further Information

The survey is part of the governments National Cyber Strategy 2002.

There is a wide range of free government cyber security guidance and information for businesses, including details of free online training and support.

The survey was carried out by Ipsos UK. The report has been produced by Ipsos on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Home Office.

Office for Statistics Regulation and UK Statistics Authority

This release is an Official Statistic, so is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics (2018), as produced by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) under the UK Statistics Authority. The OSR is a statutory independent regulator to ensure that statistics are produced and disseminated in the public good. Any concerns relating to the Code of Practice for Statistics for this publication should be raised with them. (UKSA) has the overall oversight of the whole statistical system and promote and safeguard the production of official statistics.

Pre-release access

The document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

Contact information

The Lead Analyst for this release is Maddy Ell. For any queries please contact cybersurveys@dsit.gov.uk.

For any queries relating to official statistics, please contact statistics@dsit.gov.uk

For media enquiries only, please contact the press office at press@dsit.gov.uk or on 020 7215 3000