Scottish Cyber Cluster

Responding to a cyber incident -a guide for CEOs

This guidance helps CEOs in public and private sector organisations manage a cyber incident. It sets out aspects to consider at the start of an incident and throughout it.

Social Engineering Guidance

This 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 […]

Student Online Safety Guide – Chinese Version

Simplified Chinese translation of the Student Online Safety Guide from Police Scotland. Common frauds that students are experiencing today can range from the more recognisable face-to-face fraud to those carried out by someone anonymously online. This guide in will equip […]

Early Years Practitioners

Cyber security guidance to help practitioners in Early Year settings to protect devices and data from cyber incidents.

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 […]

Cyber Awareness Videos

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

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