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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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Supply Chain Security Guidance

Proposing a series of 12 principles, designed to help you establish effective control and oversight of your supply chain.

Data protection

Information on how to legally protect personal information.

Reports and Advisories

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

Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials is an 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.

Student online safety guide 2025

Police Scotland shares advice for students on how to stay safe online. Common frauds that students are experiencing today can range from the more recognisable face-to-face to those carried out by someone anonymously online. This guide will equip you with […]

Cyber Resilience Framework

Provide a common, effective way for Scottish public sector organisations to assess their cyber resilience arrangements, identify areas of strength and weakness, gain reasonable confidence that they are adhering to minimum cyber resilience requirements, and take decisions on how/whether to […]