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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 achieve higher levels of cyber resilience on a risk-based and proportionate basis.

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Scottish Public Sector Supplier Cyber Security Guidance Note

Promotes a consistent approach to supplier cyber security across Scotland’s public sector.

Cyber Training for Staff

Free online training that explains why cyber security matters and how to stay safe. Topics include phishing, passwords, device security, and incident reporting.

Scottish Public Sector Cyber Resilience Framework v2

Sets out the second iteration of the Scottish public sector cyber resilience framework. The framework supports Scottish public sector organisations, to improve their cyber resilience and to comply with a range of requirements.

Find A Certification Body

IASME Certification Bodies or CBs, are specially trained cyber security companies located all across the UK and Crown Dependencies. Many of the CBs are micro or small organisations and all are licensed and assured by IASME to offer assessment and […]

How to get cyber essentials certified IASME

NCSC Cyber Essentials Partner the IASME consortium can help your organisation undertake Cyber Essentials certification or if you want to know how you can become a Certification Body.

Cyber Essentials

A simple, government-backed scheme to protect organisations of any size from common cyber attacks.