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Currently, too few company chief executives and chairs take a direct interest in protecting their businesses from cyber threats.

So now, for the first time, the Government and intelligence agencies are directly targeting the most senior levels in the UK’s largest companies and providing them with advice on how to safeguard their most valuable assets, such as personal data, online services and intellectual property.

Today, the Government is launching a Cyber Security Guidance for Business at an event attended by FTSE 100 CEOs and Chairs, Ministers from Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Foreign Office, Cabinet Office, Home Office and senior figures from the intelligence agencies.
Foreign Secretary William Hague, as Minister responsible for the Government Communications said:
“The UK is committed to building a secure, resilient, open and trusted internet. We are working with partners across the globe to ensure this vision becomes a reality.

“A networked world brings many advantages. But cyberspace – and cybercrime – knows no borders. Businesses must be alert to the dangers. Drawing on GCHQ’s experience and working with industry the Government is committed to helping reduce vulnerability to attacks and ensure that the UK is the safest place in the world to do business.”
Cyber Security Guidance for Business consists of three products: