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Small Charity Guide

The advice in the Cyber Security: Small Charity Guide will significantly increase your protection from the most common types of cyber crime. The five topics covered in the guidance are easy to understand, and are free or cost little to implement.

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Scottish Public Sector Supplier Cyber Security Guidance Note

Promotes a consistent approach to supplier cyber security across Scotland’s public sector.

Reports and Advisories

The NCSC’s response, reports and advisories on cyber security matters affecting the UK.

Public Sector Cyber Incident Co-ordination Procedure

Explains how Scotland’s public sector reports and coordinates responses to serious cyber incidents.

Keep Secure Online

Police Scotland’s advice and tips on how to keep yourself and your children safe online.

Data Breach Guidance

The guide explains what a data breach is – when personal or sensitive information is accessed, lost or disclosed without authorisation – and how it might affect you. It then outlines clear steps you can take if your details have […]

Sextortion

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 […]