Cyber Scotland
Police Scotland’s advice and tips on how to keep yourself and your children safe online.
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 […]
Read more Incident Management in modal dialogThis guide explains how to create strong, unique passwords (for example using three random words) and why you should never reuse passwords across accounts. It also introduces Two‑Step Verification (2SV) – also called Two‑Factor Authentication (2FA) – as a vital […]
Read more Passwords & Two-Step Verification in modal dialogPolice Scotland’s advice on what precautions you should take when sharing information on social networking websites.
Read more Social Media in modal dialogThis strategy sets out how Police Scotland will take a proactive approach to respond to cyber demand, ensuring that we are future focused and able to adapt our policing model to suit the needs of the communities they serve.
Read more Police Scotland’s Cyber Security Strategy 2020 in modal dialogPolicy for alerting and coordinating responses to new cyber vulnerabilities affecting Scottish public sector organisations.
Read more Scottish Cyber Coordination Centre – Vulnerability Coordination: Policy and Procedure in modal dialogThis guide explains how criminals manipulate people – rather than systems – to gain access to information or control. It explores common tactics like impersonation, urgency and exploitation of trust and then provides practical steps for recognising and resisting such […]
Read more Social Engineering Guidance in modal dialog