Both complaints and incidents involving personal data increased significantly last year.
Hacking
While larger businesses have more resources and are taking steps to protect themselves, the new campaign is aimed at owners of small and medium-sized businesses.
News comes as cyber security agencies and regulators are struggling to deal with the evolving nature of cyber threats from abroad.
The measures are intended to protect public services.
Emergence of AI means malicious actors can identify and exploits vulnerabilities a lot faster, experts have warned UK organizations.
Hackers stole over 32GB of sensitive personal information and leaked it on the dark web.
The security agency has proposed a three-phase migration timeline to prepare for future threats.
Proposed law due this year will require messaging apps to store data, and to implement technical backdoors.