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The Scottish Government and Education Scotland officially launched ‘The Bongles and the Crafty Crows’ at the cyberQuarter in Dundee on Monday 30th October, with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Jenny Gilruth MSP present at the launch.
The unique and first-of-its-kind illustrated learning resource for children aged 4-7, demonstrates the importance of passcodes and passwords to help teach youngsters about cyber security.
“How can technology help Scotland’s public sector protect against ransomware and other forms of cyber-crime, and should they occur mitigate and recover from their effects, including data loss?”
New NCSC report outlines the growing threat to the legal sector, with recommendations to improve cyber resilience.
A new threat report published today reveals why the legal sector is particularly vulnerable to cyber attacks, the methods used by online criminals, and how organisations working in the sector can best defend themselves.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is the UK’s technical authority on cyber security. It has recently launched the latest phase of the Cyber Aware campaign, aiming to help sole traders, micro businesses and small organisations stay safe online.
The CyberScotland Partnership is supporting the NCSC in urging small business owners to take two free and simple steps to help protect themselves from a variety of cyber threats
Scots have been warned to be aware of ‘catfishing’ romance fraud in the run-up to Valentine’s Day. Advice Direct Scotland, which runs the national consumer advice service consumeradvice.scot, has launched a new campaign highlighting the tactics used by scammers to exploit situations of loneliness or isolation of their targets.
The NCSC are urging individuals to protect their personal accounts, check before they buy, and use secure payment methods to stay ahead of the threat from criminals this shopping season.
Test your fraud and scam knowledge today to keep your business safe with Take Five’s ‘Can You Spot Fraud?’ quiz.
We are proud to be supporting Take Five to Stop Fraud with their campaign, the Cost of Living Challenge. With the increase in the cost of household bills, falling for a fraud or a scam may hit people that much harder, particularly as the potential impact could leave them short on everyday essentials such as their food shopping or utility bills.
Charity Fraud Awareness Week (17 – 21 October 2022) is an award-winning campaign run by a partnership of charities, regulators, law enforcers, representative and umbrella bodies, and other not-for-profit stakeholders from across the world.
We are proud to be supporting Take Five to Stop Fraud with their campaign, The Art of Impersonation. Criminals are experts at impersonating people and organisations we trust, such as the police, your bank, a delivery or utility company, friends […]