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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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Board Toolkit

NCSC’s Board Toolkit will provide you with the tools you need to have the necessary conversations with your IT team/supplier.

Scams and Frauds

Information on the different types of fraud and advice on how you can avoid becoming a victim.

Incident Management

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 […]

Protective DNS for the private sector

Advice on the selection and deployment of protective Domain Name Systems (DNS).

Forms of Phishing

Guidance from the Cybercrime Harm Prevention Team breaking down the different forms of Phishing

IT Managed Services Directory

Find the company that can help manage all of your IT Services. Search the directory of over 170 Scottish companies who provide IT Managed Services. It will easily identify those that are both cyber resilient themselves through the Cyber Essentials […]