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Responding to a cyber incident -a guide for CEOs

This guidance helps CEOs in public and private sector organisations manage a cyber incident. It sets out aspects to consider at the start of an incident and throughout it.

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Data protection

Information on how to legally protect personal information.

Reporting a Data Breach

Guidance for how to report an online data breach to the ICO.

Sextortion is a type of cyber-enabled extortion which involves the threat of sharing sexual information, images or clips to extort money from you, whether images actually exist or not. Police Scotland have advice on what you can do to reduce […]

Making sense of cyber security in Operational Technology (OT) environments

How organisations should design, secure and manage connectivity in OT.

Passwords & Two-Step Verification

This guide explains how to create strong, unique passwords (for example using three random words) and why you should never reuse passwords across accounts. It also introduces Two‑Step Verification (2SV) – also called Two‑Factor Authentication (2FA) – as a vital […]

Small Business Guide

Five simple steps to reduce cyber crime risks, save time and money, and protect your reputation.