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Share of United Kingdom (UK) businesses' that are aware of the Cyber Essentials scheme in 2019, by size of business

Cyber Essentials scheme awareness by United Kingdom (UK) businesses 2019, by size

Published by S. O'Dea, Nov 20, 2019

This statistic displays the share of businesses that were aware of the Cyber Essentials scheme in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, by size of business. A total of nine percent of all UK respondents were aware of the Cyber Essentials scheme, of which eight percent were aware among micro firms.
Cyber essentials was a government-backed, industry supported scheme to help organizations improve their cyber security.
As a result of this survey, the cyber security initiatives and standards were still not widely known in the United Kingdom. Initiatives and standards such as the Government's 10 steps guidance and the ISO 27001.

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Release date

July 2019

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

October 10, 2018 to December 20, 2018

Number of respondents

1,566*

Special properties

Respondents are UK businesses

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

*Among the 1,566 businesses, there were: 757 micro firms, 321 small firms, 281 medium firms and 207 large firms.

This statistic displays the share of businesses that were aware of the Cyber Essentials scheme in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, by size of business. A total of nine percent of all UK respondents were aware of the Cyber Essentials scheme, of which eight percent were aware among micro firms.
Cyber essentials was a government-backed, industry supported scheme to help organizations improve their cyber security.
As a result of this survey, the cyber security initiatives and standards were still not widely known in the United Kingdom. Initiatives and standards such as the Government's 10 steps guidance and the ISO 27001.

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