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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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The Strategic Framework for a Cyber Resilient Scotland

This Framework sets out Scotland’s vision for a cyber resilient Scotland and includes refreshed action plans.

Cyber Strategy for Small Organisations

CyberScotland partner Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland has released a new cyber strategy guide for small organisations. A comprehensive cyber security strategy is crucial to protect organisations, individuals, and governments from devastating cyber attacks. This guide is designed to aid small […]

Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials is a simple but 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.

Scottish Information Sharing Network (SciNET Group)

SciNet is a community for Scottish Buisnesses to engage on CiSP. The Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CiSP) is a joint industry and government initiative set up to exchange cyber threat information in real time, in a secure, confidential and […]

CSPST: Cyber Security Procurement Support Tool

A public sector tool for the improvement of cyber security in the supply chain.

Sextortion Guidance

Sextortion is sexual extortion where the victim is exploited through threat of the exposure of intimate images and is usually for financial gain or as a means of controlling behaviour. Police Scotland have provided information and advice on how to […]