Cyber security of connected products: privacy notice
Privacy notice explaining how we will use personal data when organisations respond to research on the cyber security of connected products.
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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has commissioned Ipsos UK to carry out important research on the cyber security of connected products. This research will help inform future policy and strategy.
Ipsos UK will be collecting data for this study using a combination of a survey and qualitative interviews.
Taking part
Survey fieldwork will be conducted by Ipsos UK and will take place online from November 2026 to December 2026. During this period some organisations will receive an email from Ipsos UK inviting them to take part.
The survey will take around 10 minutes, depending on your answers.
The qualitative interviews will take place in December 2026 via Microsoft Teams or by telephone. Each qualitative interview will last for around 45 to 60 minutes.
Taking part in the research is totally confidential and anonymous for all individuals and organisations.
Who is being invited to take part?
Ipsos UK is inviting senior representatives from organisations with expertise in the cyber security of connected products, including vendors, cyber security consultancies, incident response providers, MSSPs, insurers, threat intelligence providers, industry bodies and research organisations. In some organisations this might be a specific individual or Head of Department, while in other organisations it might be the business owner.
Organisations have been selected from lists compiled from various commercial databases and publicly available information.
For further information, please see Ipsos UK’s privacy policy attached above.