Cyber advice and support
CyberScotland Partnership
The CyberScotland Partnership is a group of key stakeholders. They aim to improve Scotland's cyber resilience in a coordinated way. This will help achieve the goals of The Strategic Framework for a Cyber Resilient Scotland.
Partners work collaboratively to:
- build Scotland-wide cyber resilience
- increase impact, avoiding duplication of effort
- improve communication and knowledge-sharing on cyber threats
- provide a one stop online shop (cyberscotland.com) for organisations, businesses and individuals seeking authoritative information, guidance and support on cyber resilience issues (CyberScotland)
- promote national events, including the annual CyberScotland Week
CyberScotland Partners include:
- CENSIS
- College Development Network (CDN)
- Education Scotland
- Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE)
- IASME
- Lead Scotland
- National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
- Police Scotland
- ScotlandIS
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)
- Scottish Enterprise
- Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)
- Skills Development Scotland
- The Cyber and Fraud Centre Scotland
- The Scottish Government
- UK Cyber Security Council
- Young Scot
- Youthlink Scotland
The CyberScotland Portal includes advice and guidance from trusted sources as well as information on how to report a cyber incident.
Guidance for individuals, charities and small businesses
- sign up for the latest information via the CyberScotland Bulletin and Education Bulletin
- sign up for threat intelligence reports produced by the Scottish Cyber Coordination Centre, including alerts on the latest software vulnerabilities.
- Scottish Public Sector Supplier Cyber Security – Guidance Note
- The Scottish Government Cyber Capability Toolkit
- NCSC's Small Business Guide
- NCSC's Small Charity Guide
- Get Safe Online: a UK website offering free expert personal and business advice.
- Take Five – To Stop Fraud: a UK initiative which offers straightforward and impartial advice to help everyone in the UK protect themselves against financial fraud.
Guidance for large organisations
The National Cyber Security Centre provides support and incident management response to the most critical organisations in the UK, in both the public and private sectors.
Reporting cyber incidents
The Scottish Government is not a reporting body for crime and cannot investigate crime.
Anyone who has been a victim of cyber crime should contact Police Scotland by calling 101.
Report phishing attempts/suspicious emails to the National Cyber Security Centre by emailing: report@phishing.gov.uk
Scottish public sector bodies can report a cyber incident to the Scottish Cyber Co-ordination Centre: SC3@gov.scot.