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Digital, Data and Technology Profession, Skills and Capability

The Scottish Digital Academy was launched in 2017 to provide high quality professional learning and training to support the development of digital skills and capability across the public and third sectors in Scotland.

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Scottish Digital Academy

Helping you to develop digital capability.

Cyber Awareness Videos

Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland’s ethical hackers have produced a number of cyber security explainer videos.

Exercise in a Box workshops

A free, 90 minute non technical workshop which helps organisations find out how resilient they are to cyber attacks and practise their response in a safe environment.

23 Things

The SSSC 23 Things Digital programme provides basic digital capabilities resources and was inspired and influenced by the University of Edinburgh’s 23 Things programme. You don’t have to be registered with the SSSC to take part in the 23 Things.

Social Media

Police Scotland’s advice on what precautions you should take when sharing information on social networking websites.

Passwords & Two-Step Verification

This 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 […]