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43% of UK businesses experienced a cybersecurity breach or attack in the past 12 months, according to the DSIT Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025. For medium-sized businesses, this figure rises to 67%. Phishing remains the most common attack type, affecting 85% of businesses that reported a breach.

Yes. 50% of small businesses (10-49 employees) reported a cybersecurity breach in 2025. UK small businesses face around 65,000 hack attempts daily, with approximately 4,500 successful breaches. More than a quarter of SMBs say a single cyber attack could put them out of business entirely.

Business Premium (£16.90/user/month) includes Defender for Business, Intune device management, Entra ID P1 for conditional access, and Purview DLP — none of which are available in Standard (£9.60/user/month). For businesses with security concerns, Premium is the recommended tier.

Microsoft Secure Score measures your organisation's security posture within Microsoft 365. It provides recommendations ranked by impact and effort. Improving your Secure Score helps protect against the 1,360 vulnerabilities Microsoft patched in 2024 — an 11% increase from the previous record.

Start by enabling MFA for all accounts, disabling legacy authentication protocols, and configuring DMARC/DKIM/SPF for email. Review conditional access policies — many are left in report-only mode providing no enforcement. Consider upgrading to Business Premium for advanced security features.