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The CyberScotland Partnership is a collaborative leadership approach to focus efforts on improving cyber resilience across Scotland.

The Scottish Governments key strategic stakeholders have come together in a formal partnership arrangement to drive the delivery of activities that will achieve the outcomes of The Strategic Framework for a Cyber Resilient Scotland.

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GENERAL

CyberFirst Girls Competition – Registration now open!

26 September 202222 September 2022

It’s that time of year when we are busy organising the CyberFirst Girls’ Competition with registration opening on the 26th of September. It would be great to see your school sign up again to take part. As a reminder, the […]

GUIDANCE

Cyber Security Advice for Students

20 September 202220 September 2022

Technology will play a key role in your learning, from taking notes, doing research, writing essays, attending classes or just communicating with classmates or teachers. Here are some helpful tips to keep you secure online.

EVENTS

Exercise in a Box Workshops

29 September 2022 - 9:30 am

Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) are encouraging public and third sector organisations from across Scotland to sign up for one of their free ‘Exercise in a box’ online sessions. Exercise in a Box is an online tool from the NCSC which […]

EVENTS

Securing Your Fintech

4 October 2022 - 1:30 pm

With the financial services industry being a prime target for cyber crime is now the right time to review your cyber posture? Come and join ScotlandIS Cyber and friends to share insights and learning on cyber trends and threats focussed […]

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Advice & Guidance

The tools and guidance you need to improve your organisation’s cyber resilience. This advice reduces the likelihood of becoming a victim to cyber crime. Or in the event on an attack, how to better handle it and limit its impact.

Incident Response

The NCSC defines a cyber incident as unauthorised access (or attempted access) to an organisation’s IT system/s. These may be malicious attacks such as denial of service attacks, malware infection, ransomware or more commonly phishing attacks.