Business: Cybersecurity

Question

The Government's £2.6 billion National Cyber Strategy sets out how we are building a prosperous and resilient digital UK and fuelling growth in the UK economy. This includes strengthening resilience at a national and organisational level to prepare for, respond to and recover from cyber attacks.

This Government is committed to improving the cyber resilience of businesses through tailored support, guidance and regulatory frameworks, underpinned by upstream interventions to remove risk at scale. This includes promoting the take-up of accreditations and standards such as the Cyber Essentials certification scheme, with 132,094 certificates awarded to date. We have strengthened existing guidance for business, working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre. We have also consulted recently on measures to mitigate risks in organisations’ supply chains, such as bringing Managed Service Providers in scope of existing cyber regulations and seeking views on where the Government should intervene to improve the security of software across its development and use.