Ministerial foreword
Over the last decade, we have established the UK as a cyber power, through building cutting-edge cyber security capabilities, and significant growth in our cyber security sector. In December 2021, the government published the National Cyber Strategy, which sets out how we will ensure that the UK in 2030 continues as a leading responsible and democratic cyber power, able to protect and promote our interests in and through cyberspace.
The strategy sets out our commitment to ‘strengthening the UK cyber ecosystem, investing in our people and skills and deepening the partnership between government, academia and industry.’ To achieve this, we must continue to foster the growth of a sustainable, innovative, and internationally competitive cyber security sector, delivering quality products and services, which meet the needs of government and the wider economy.
This Cyber Security Sectoral Analysis research has tracked the growth of the UK cyber security sector since 2018 and highlights the impressive performance of many of our firms, and their steadfast resilience in recent years.
Within this year’s study, we are now tracking over 1,800 cyber security…