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Publication - Strategy/plan

The Strategic Framework for a Cyber Resilient Scotland 2025 - 2030

Published
5 November 2025
From
Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs
Directorate
Digital Directorate
Topic
Business, industry and innovation, Communities and third sector, Education, +2 more … Public sector, Work and skills
ISBN
9781806432455

This framework is a refresh of the Strategic Framework for a Cyber Resilient Scotland 2021. In the face of an ever-changing cyber threat landscape, it will build on progress to date and address ongoing - and new - challenges.

Scotland thrives by being a digitally secure and resilient nation.

View supporting documents Supporting documents

Footnotes

  1. See Annex E

  2. Scottish Government, Scottish Household Survey 2023 (2024)

  3. UK Government, Cyber Breaches Survey 2025 (2025)

  4. Scottish Government, Supporting documents - Future Trends for Scotland: findings from the 2024-2025 horizon scanning project - gov.scot (2025)

  5. The Scottish Government is actively working with Ofcom to implement the UK’s Online Safety Act - GOV.UK with a focus on Scottish needs.

  6. Scottish Government, Scotland’s National Strategy for Economic Transformation (2022)

  7. Scottish Government, Artificial Intelligence Strategy (2022)

  8. UK Government, Cyber security codes of practice (2024)

  9. https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/cyberessentials/overview

  10. https://iasme.co.uk/articles/wealth-management-firm-st-jamess-place-mandates-cyber-essentials-plus-across-network-of-partner-organisations/

  11. Scottish Government, Scottish Household Survey 2023 (2024)

  12. Scottish Government, Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2021/22 (2023)

  13. Scottish Government, Scottish Crime and Justice Survey - gov.scot (2024)

  14. Scottish Government, Scottish Household Survey 2023 (2024)

  15. CyberFirst Schools / Colleges - NCSC.GOV.UK

  16. Cyber Resilience and You! - CyberScotland

  17. Scottish Government, SC3 Strategic Plan 2024-2027 (2024)

  18. Digital Privacy by design and default – ScotAccount - Digital

  19. https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/cyber-security-design-principles

  20. Scottish Public Sector Cyber Incident Coordination Procedure

  21. Supply chain - NCSC.GOV.UK

  22. CivTech Scotland

  23. Hefestis

  24. UK Government, Cyber Breaches Survey 2025 (2025)

  25. IT Managed Services Directory - ScotlandIS

  26. UK Government, Cyber Breaches Survey 2025 (2025)

  27. Small Business Guide: Cyber Security - NCSC.GOV.UK

  28. Introduction to Active Cyber Defence - NCSC.GOV.UK

  29. Cyber Essentials - NCSC.GOV.UK

  30. Home - Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland

  31. Welcome to CyberScotland - CyberScotland

  32. Cyber_threat_report-UK-charity-sector.pdf

  33. https://www.cyberscotland.com/organisations/third-sector/

  34. Scotland is Cyber - ScotlandIS

  35. Cyber Growth Action Plan 2025 - GOV.UK

  36. UK Government, Cyber security skills in the UK labour market 2025 (2025). Cyber security skills in the UK labour market 2025 - GOV.UK

Contact

Email: CyberResilience@gov.scot

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