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

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

Guidance on effective communications in a cyber incident

Supporting organisations of all sizes to manage their communications strategy before, during and after a cyber security incident.

Training for Small Organisations and Charities

The training demonstrates how you can improve your organisation’s resilience, and covers five key areas. You’ll explore each of these topics by navigating several encounters a small business owner may have with cyber security over the course of a week, […]

Early Warning Service

The NCSC provides a free service to organisations to inform them of threats against their network. This service will notify you on all cyber attacks detected by the feed suppliers against your organisation and is designed to compliment your existing […]

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 […]

The Strategic Framework for Cyber Resilient Scotland: Action Plan 2025 – 2030

The plan sets out the key actions during 2025 to 2030 to deliver the priorities set out in the strategic framework for a Cyber Resilient Scotland.