Cyber Resilience

  • New virtual cyber school gives teens chance to try out as cyber security agents from home

    1st May 2020 by

    Young people encouraged to join online learning to develop cyber security skills Cyber Discovery – Virtual Cyber School Thousands of young people are being offered the chance to join a virtual cyber security school as part of plans to make sure the country develops the next generation of professional cyber defenders. Teens can learn how to...

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  • Small Charities Coalition and NCC Group – Cyber Basics Training

    6th March 2020 by

    Turning cyber into something that safeguards small charities now and in the future     If you’re running or working for a small charity, there are one million things on your mind, and at least 15 of them that (should) demand your immediate and undivided attention. From governance to fundraising, from appointing trustees to digital...

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  • Cyber Resilience Learning and Skills Events Calendar

    10th February 2020 by

    Here is a list of forthcoming events. Some are open, some are invitation-only, and some are for information only — to help avoid clashes when you’re planning events of your own. If you would like an event to be listed on this page, please email cyberresilience@gov.scot   FEBRUARY 2020         15th February...

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  • How SQA Digital Literacy units contribute to cyber skills development

    29th January 2020 by

    An effective way to be make sure your learners are cyber safe is to teach them to be digitally literate. That’s why SQA’s newly developed suite of Digital Literacy units at SCQF levels 2 to 6 have a strong focus on both cyber security and cyber resilience. These new units have been designed to equip...

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  • Cyber Scotland Week in Glasgow City Council

    27th January 2020 by

    Information security is a priority for Glasgow City Council, and having participated successfully in Cyber Scotland Week last year, we are keen to remind staff about the importance of looking after the information of our service users, staff and citizens as we go about delivering services. We work hard at Glasgow City Council to instil...

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  • Scotland can’t be complacent about cyber security threats

    27th June 2018 by

    Cyber-crime increasingly affects everyone – at home, at work and even in national government. It’s also borderless, requiring new approaches to prevent attacks. Recent reports highlight the escalating volume of the threat. I’ve been working with the Scottish Business Resilience Centre and the Scottish Government, as co-chair of the Scottish private sector steering group, to...

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  • Cyber resilience is at the heart of digital learning and teaching

    15th May 2018 by

      This week is National Digital Learning Week — an opportunity for Scotland to showcase and celebrate the added value that digital and online technologies bring to young people’s learning. It’s also a chance to restate the importance of cyber resilience in our learning system and curriculum.   What is cyber resilience?   Cyber resilience...

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  • National Cyber Security Centre publishes cyber threat assessment for charity sector

    1st March 2018 by

        Culture of openness makes small charities more vulnerable to cyber fraud and extortion Charities falling victim to a range of attacks with potentially devastating consequences Accompanying guidance will help protect charities from common types of cyber crime DEVIOUS tricks to defraud small charities through online attacks have been exposed in the first ever...

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  • Competition launches to crown UK’s most cyber-savvy girls

    16th January 2018 by

    Female pupils in Scottish schools encouraged to create teams to enter UK cyber challenge Eight teams from Scottish schools finished in competition’s top 100 last year NCSC and GCHQ experts have devised 100 challenges for the teams to crack Global shortage of female cyber security staff – but 8,000 UK girls entered 2017 contest Young...

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  • Andrew McSherry from Scottish Canals on cyber resilient best practice

    7th November 2017 by

    Tell us a bit about yourself and your role at Scottish Canals. I’ve worked in IT for nearly 25 years  in a variety of leadership roles in a number of sectors ranging from retail and manufacturing to facility management. I was initially brought into Scottish Canals to reviews its ICT provisioning before being appointed Head...

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