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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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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 […]

Student Online Safety Guide

Common frauds that students are experiencing today can range from the more recognisable face-to-face fraud to those carried out by someone anonymously online. This guide will equip you with information and advice to increase your awareness, prepare you to identify […]

Cyber Advice and Support

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

Exercise in a box

Exercise in a box is an NCSC online tool which helps organisations find out how resilient they are to cyber-attacks and to help them practice their response. The service provides exercises, based around the main cyber threats which your organisation […]