The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is the UK’s technical authority on cyber security.
It has recently launched the latest phase of the Cyber Aware campaign, aiming to increase cyber resilience UK-wide by promoting the uptake of two key protective behaviours around the online festive shopping period.
Shoppers lost over £10 million pounds to cyber criminals between November 2022 and January 2023.
That’s why CyberScotland is supporting the NCSC in urging customers to stay vigilant when it comes to shopping online and to take two simple steps to help protect themselves from a variety of cyber threats:
1. Use a strong and different password for your email using 3 random words.
- Your email password should be strong and different from all your other passwords. Combining 3 random words that each mean something to you is a great way to create a password that is easy to remember but hard to crack.
2.Turn on 2-Step Verification (2SV) for your email
- 2SV gives you twice the protection so even if cyber criminals have your password, they can’t access your email.
- 2SV works by asking for more information to prove your identity. For example, getting a code sent to your phone when you sign in using a new device or change settings such as your password.
Read more about the campaign here
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