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Small Business Guide

Five quick and easy steps outlined in the guide could save time, money and even your business’ reputation. The steps outlined can significantly reduce the chances of your business becoming a victim of cyber crime.

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Cyber Resilience: General Guidance

Information to help public bodies, businesses and third sector organisations improve their online security and protect against cyber threats.

Keep Secure Online

Police Scotland’s advice and tips on how to keep yourself and your children safe online.

Incident response template

This resource helps smaller organisations prepare for a cyber incident and gives a ste-by-step guide on how to deal with it.

CyberByte – November 2025

This month’s CyberByte focuses on a growing online threat linked to our increasing reliance on digital wallets – often referred to as digital pickpocketing. As our lives become ever more connected, the convenience of storing payment cards, tickets and identification […]

Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials is an effective, Government backed scheme that will help you to protect your organisation, whatever its size, against a whole range of the most common cyber attacks.

Scottish Public Sector Cyber Resilience Framework v2

Sets out the second iteration of the Scottish public sector cyber resilience framework. The framework supports Scottish public sector organisations, to improve their cyber resilience and to comply with a range of requirements.