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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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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 Services

The Cyber and Fraud Centre -Scotland provide a comprehensive range of integrated cyber security services that help you assess, build and manage your cyber security capabilities, and respond to incidents and crises. Their services are designed to help you build […]

10 Steps to Cyber Security

This guidance aims to help organisations manage their cyber security risks by breaking down the task of protecting the organisation into 10 components. It is aimed at medium to large organisations that have someone dedicated to managing the organisation’s cyber security.