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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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Scams and Frauds

Information on the different types of fraud and advice on how you can avoid becoming a victim.

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 […]

Incident Management

The NCSC defines a cyber security incident as: A breach of a system’s security policy in order to affect its integrity or availability The unauthorised access or attempted access to a system Cyber incidents can take many forms, such as […]

Shopping online safely

An easy-read guide on how to ensure you are safe when shopping online.

Making sense of cyber security in Operational Technology (OT) environments

How organisations should design, secure and manage connectivity in OT.

Romance Fraud

Police Scotland’s advice on protecting against romance fraud.