10 Steps to Cyber Security

This guidance is aimed at medium to large organisations that have someone dedicated to managing the organisation’s cyber security. For smaller organisations the NCSC Small Business Guide might be better place to start, though the principles in the 10 Steps are applicable to all organisations.

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Board Toolkit

This resource is designed to encourage essential cyber security discussions between the Board and their technical experts. It is relevant for anyone who is accountable for an organisation in any sector.

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Cyber Aware

Behaviour change campaign for general public and sole traders/micro businesses on how to stay secure online. You can improve your cyber security by taking six actions: use a strong and separate password for your email, create strong passwords using 3 random words, save your passwords in your browser, turn on two-factor authentication, update your devices, back up your data.

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Cyber security in schools: questions for governors and trustees

Questions for the governing body and trustees to ask school leaders, to help improve a school’s understanding of its cyber security risks.

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Cyber security training for school staff

The NCSC has produced free cyber security training to raise awareness and help school staff manage some of the key cyber threats facing schools. The training is available in two formats: a scripted presentation pack and a self-learn video. Both are available on the NCSC website.

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Early Years practitioners: using cyber security to protect your settings

Early Years education and childcare settings, like most other work environments, are increasingly reliant on technology. That’s why it’s more important than ever to take steps to protect these devices (and the data we store on them) from accidental damage, or from online criminals.

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Helping school staff to work safely online

Download and print your own set of cyber security ‘practical tips’ for schools from the NCSC website

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Ransomware: What board members should know and what they should asking their technical experts

The impact of a ransomware attack on an organisation can be devastating. This NCSC blog, explains the basics of ransomware, and suggests relevant questions that board members might want to ask their technical experts to help drive great cyber resilience against these types of attacks.

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Resources for schools

Downloadable copies of cyber security information cards for schools. These cards have been designed to help all those who work in schools understand what cyber security is, how it’s relevant and what steps they can take to raise their school’s resilience to cyber incidents.

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School IT: admin teams, procurers & providers

Recently, at CYBERUK 2021, the NCSC hosted a steam focussed on ransomware, the risk to schools and how to prevent it.

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About Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials helps your guard against the most common cyber threats and demonstrate your commitment to cyber security.

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Dealing with suspicious emails, phone calls and text messages

How to spot the most obvious signs of a scam, and what to do if you’ve already responded. The message might be from a company you don’t normally receive communications from, or someone you don’t know. You might just have a hunch. If you are suspicious, you should report it. By doing so you’ll be helping to protect many more people from being affected.

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Exercise in a Box

This service helps your organisation find out how resilient you are to a cyber attack & practice your response in a safe environment.

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Mitigating malware and ransomware attacks

This guidance helps private and public sector organisations deal with the effects of malware (which includes ransomware). It provides actions to help organisations prevent a malware infection, and also steps to take if you’re already infected.

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Small Business Guide: Cyber Security - Video Collection

A series of videos that introduce the NCSC’s cyber security guidance for small businesses

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Small Business Guide: Cyber Security - PDF Download

The guide provides entry level guidance to assist small businesses and charities implement basic cyber security controls with little to no cost. There are two versions depending on the type of organisation but mitigations are the same.

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Small Business Guide: Response & Recovery

Guidance that helps small to medium sized organisations prepare their response to and plan their recovery from a cyber incident.

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Supply chain security guidance

Proposing a series of 12 principles, designed to help you establish effective control and oversight of your supply chain.

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The Little Guide to: preventing fraud a cyber crime

The Met Police have created the Little series of books and videos to explain some of the most common scams and give advice on how to avoid falling victim to them. Videos such as: always updating software, antivirus, backups, passwords and much more will be useful for IT managers at schools.

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