Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2019, published in April 2019, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of Government cyber initiatives and communications.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has responsibility for a number of policy objectives in the National Cyber Security Strategy relating to improving the cyber resilience of organisations across the economy. In this role, DCMS works very closely with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which was established in October 2016 as the UK’s authority on cyber security matters. The NCSC regularly produces contextualised guidance, products and services, such as Cyber Essentials and 10 Steps to Cyber Security, which allow organisations across key sectors to protect themselves against cyber incidents. The NCSC also works closely with regulators, trade associations and other external partners to proactively share its guidance, products and services to ensure they reach organisations, all of which can be found on the recently relaunched NCSC website. Additionally, Government departments, including DCMS and the NCSC, are working together to deliver a national campaign for cyber security to help individuals and organisations take action to protect themselves online.