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Small Businesses: Cybersecurity

Asked by Llinos MediPlaid CymruDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 19 May 2025UIN 52021

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support small businesses to develop cyber security investment plans.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

Adoption of technologies like cybersecurity is important to protect businesses and increase productivity.

The National Cyber Security Centre publishes a range of expert guidance, including the Small Business Guide, which contains practical and affordable advice for businesses to improve their cybersecurity. Small businesses can also benefit from advice and support from the regional Cyber Resilience Centres across England and Wales, which are a police-led collaboration with government, private sector and academia.

The industry-led SME Digital Adoption Taskforce will soon publish recommendations on ways to increase SME adoption of digital technology like cybersecurity software. These will inform our upcoming SME Strategy.

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