Incident response

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Incident Management

The NCSC defines a cyber security incident as:

A breach of a system’s security policy in order to affect its integrity or availability
The unauthorised access or attempted access to a system

Cyber incidents can take many forms, such as denial of service, malware, ransomware or phishing attacks.

Related resources

Police Scotland’s Cyber Security Strategy 2020

This strategy sets out how Police Scotland will take a proactive approach to respond to cyber demand, ensuring that we are future focused and able to adapt our policing model to suit the needs of the communities they serve.

NCSC Cyber related topics

NCSC’s list of the broad range of cyber security related topics that their advice and guidance covers.

Board Toolkit

NCSC’s Board Toolkit will provide you with the tools you need to have the necessary conversations with your IT team/supplier.

The Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) / NCSC CAF Guidance

Guidance for organisations delivering essential services to assess and improve cyber security.

Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials is an effective, Government backed scheme that will help you to protect your organisation, whatever its size, against a whole range of the most common cyber attacks.

Cyber Advice and Support

Guidance for individuals, charities and small businesses to improve their cyber resilience and report cyber crime.