The paper then presents the results of a 2023 survey of businesses and policymakers that previously engaged with the International Telecommunication Union on how cyber-readiness is viewed by these groups. Lastly, the paper builds a cyber-readiness score to explore how this concept could be tested against trade participation. Although no correlation was found between the constructed index and international trade by either MSMEs or large firms, a positive correlation emerged between the cyber-readiness score and MSME productivity.