During 2025 the Committee is undertaking scrutiny of the challenges facing businesses and vulnerable individuals in Scotland from the risks of cybercrime.

The focus is to help inform parliamentary debate and raise awareness of the impact of cybercrime.  For example, the impact on particular individuals such as the elderly, as well as the impact on those in employment and the wider business community across Scotland. The focus does not cover elements of child exploitation, as that is an area that has already received substantial debate in the public and parliamentary realm.

This scrutiny aims to consider how authorities in Scotland coordinate with key partners across the UK and internationally, with the aim of:

• Gaining an oversight of how sophisticated cybercrimes have become today, and what we are likely to face in the coming years
• Discussing how policing/law enforcement bodies prioritise their response to cybercrimes
• Considering whether policing bodies have the tools and resources necessary to properly investigate cybercrimes reported to them
• Considering whether laws on cybercrime are keeping pace with developments
• Looking at how key justice sector, business, and civil society partners are working to try to help protect people and businesses in Scotland from the latest cybercrime threats.