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Cyber Security Breaches Survey

This series brings together all the releases of the Cyber Security Breaches Survey.

The government has surveyed UK businesses and - since the 2018 report - charities to find out how they approach cyber security and help them learn more about the cyber security issues faced by organisations. The research informs government policy on cyber security and how government works with industry to make Britain one of the most secure places to do business online.

Surveys

The final reports for each annual survey.

Consultations and user engagement exercises

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) conducted a consultation on the future of the Cyber Security Breaches Survey (CSBS) from 28 January 2020 to 23 March 2020. Subsequently, the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) carried out a user engagement exercise to gather feedback from users and stakeholders regarding DSIT鈥檚 plans for future iterations of the CSBS, which took place from 1 October 2024 to 4 November 2024. You can read the responses to both the consultation and the user engagement exercise below.

Updates to this page

Published 19 April 2017
Last updated 15 October 2025 show all updates
  1. Added User-Engagement Survey to the collection

  2. Added Cyber security breaches survey 2025.

  3. Added the 2024 version of the cyber security breaches survey.

  4. Added the 2023 Cyber Security Breaches Survey which has just been published.

  5. Added CSBS 2022.

  6. Added 2021 cyber security breaches survey.

  7. Updated to reflect the consultation on the future of the survey, which has now concluded.

  8. Published the 2020 Cyber Security Breaches survey

  9. The 2019 Cyber Security Breaches survey has been published.

  10. We have published the 2019 Cyber Security Breaches Survey report

  11. First published.