CyberScotland Partnership welcomes three new partners
Three new partners – Business Gateway, the Institute of Directors (IoD) Scotland and the Cyber and Fraud Hub – have joined the CyberScotland Partnership. They join a growing network of organisations committed...
Western Isles council still dealing with service backlogs two years on from ransomware attack, audit finds
Western Isles council is still dealing with service backlogs two years on from a cyberattack crippled its systems, an external audit has found. The local authority, which serves a population...
Resilient by design: why the public sector can’t afford to wing cyber recovery
Let’s not kid ourselves: the public sector at large is a sitting duck for cyberattacks and, in more cases than not, outages aren’t a question of “if”, but “when”. That...
New guide published to help people in Scotland avoid cryptocurrency scams
A new guide has been published following a multi-agency effort and the assistance of one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency platforms to help people in Scotland avoid digital money scams....
Cyber threats are getting personal – so let’s get resilient
It’s been a challenging year in the cyber world. If you’ve tried to buy groceries and found empty shelves, waited for a GP appointment that never came, or watched your...
New ‘cyber observatory’ to protect Scotland’s public services from online harms
A new Cyber Observatory will be established to shield Scotland’s public services from the surge in online threats, including disruptive ransomware. Ministers have launched a refreshed Strategic Framework for a...
Can the public sector afford to not put digital security first?
The UK public sector is investing heavily to modernise digital services, yet many still rely on legacy platforms and fragmented systems that make change difficult and waste billions of pounds....
The National Cyber Security Centre has released its Cyber Assessment Framework 4.0 – but what’s new?
The National Cyber Security Centre is committed to regularly reviewing the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF), addressing updated and new security controls in line with the shifting threat landscape. We take...
New cyber service to protect Scotland’s universities and colleges from online threats
A Scottish cyber firm has launched a new security operations centre to protect the higher and further education sector from online harms. Acumen Cyber, based in Glasgow, is spearheading the...
Police Scotland to crack down on ‘deepfakes’ through new academic partnership
Police Scotland is set to crack down on cybercrime and fraud – including the rise of ‘deepfakes’ and other online deceptions – through a new academic partnership. The national force...
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