Share of businesses covering formal cyber security risk policies in the UK 2023

Published by Ani Petrosyan, Jul 20, 2023
Among all businesses in the United Kingdom (UK), 29 percent had formal policies or policies covering cyber security risks as of January 2023. Furthermore, large and medium-sized firms had the highest share of respondents with formal policies, with 79 and 63 percent, respectively.
The number of businesses with formal policies covering cyber security risks increased in recent years. That could be connected to the increase use of cloud computing and the different types of cyber incidents experienced by companies worldwide.

Share of businesses in the United Kingdom (UK) with formal policies covering cyber security risks as of January 2023, by business size

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Release date

April 2023

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

September 27, 2022 to January 18, 2023

Number of respondents

2,263 respondents

Special properties

among UK businesses

Method of interview

Telephone interview

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This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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