Cyber Security Longitudinal Survey: Wave 2, 2022

<p dir="ltr">The <span style="font-style: italic;">Cyber Security Longitudinal Survey</span> (CSLS) helps us better understand cyber security policies and processes within medium and large businesses and high-income charities. It explores the links over time between these policies and processes and the likelihood and impact of a cyber incident.<span> The survey is commissioned by The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and</span><span> is part of the National Cyber Strategy. It aims to support the Government by providing evidence that can inform policies which help to make Britain a safer place to do business online. This is the second research year (or wave) of a three-year study and the data were collected over 2022. <br></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span> The core objectives of the study are to: </span></p> <ul> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><span>explore how and why UK organisations are changing their cyber security profile and how they implement, measure, and improve their cyber defences. </span></p> </li><li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><span>provide a more in-depth picture of larger organisations, covering topics that are lightly covered in the <span style="font-style: italic;">Cyber Security Breaches Survey</span> (available from the UK Data Archive under Generic Number 33549), such as corporate governance, supply chain risk management, internal and external reporting, cyber strategy, and cyber insurance. </span></p> </li><li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><span>explore the effects of actions adopted by organisations to improve their cyber security on the likelihood and impact of a cyber incident. </span></p> </li></ul> <p><span id="x_x_x_docs-internal-guid-cd5f84d8-7fff-43a3-993e-465f58bfb245"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span>Further information and additional publications can be found on the </span><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cyber-security-longitudinal-survey">GOV.UK Cyber Security Longitudinal Survey</a><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cyber-security-longitudinal-survey-wave-two-results"><span></span></a><span> pages.</span></p> <p dir="ltr">Wave 1 data from the <span style="font-style: italic;">Cyber Security Longitudinal Survey</span> can also be found on the UK Data Archive under Study Number 8969.</p>