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Small Business Guide: Response and Recovery

Guidance that helps small to medium sized organisations prepare their response to and plan their recovery from a cyber incident.

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The Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) / NCSC CAF Guidance

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

Cyber Advice and Support

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

Scottish Digital Academy

Helping you to develop digital capability.

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 […]

Protective DNS for the private sector

Advice on the selection and deployment of protective Domain Name Systems (DNS).

Cyber Incident Response Toolkit

Resources to help organisations plan and respond effectively to cyber incidents.