CTO at NCSC Summary: weeks ending May 26th - July 7th

UK General Election special edition.. bye bye for now.

Welcome to a special edition of this newsletter.

In light of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom calling a General Election on the 4^th July, this will be the last update before the Government heads into the pre-election period, and external communications are restricted.

Rest assured I will be back again afterwards, with all the usual weekly highlights and analysis.

But before I sign off, I would like to point you in the direction of a variety of guidance developed and published by the NCSC, all of which is worth considering during this time.

As ever, cyber security hygiene remains relevant to all of us, regardless of direct involvement in the upcoming election or not.

Back soon.

• Defending democracy collection https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/defending-democracy which includes:

  • Guidance for High Risk Individuals on protecting accounts and devices https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/defending-democracy/guidance-for-high-risk-individuals

  • Guidance for organisations coordinating elections https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/defending-democracy/organisations-coordinating-elections

  • Guidance for political organisations https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/defending-democracy/political-organisations

• Actions to take when the cyber threat is heightened https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/actions-to-take-when-the-cyber-threat-is-heightened 

• Maintaining a sustainable strengthened cyber security posture https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/maintaining-a-sustainable-strengthened-cyber-security-posture

• Defending your organisation from phishing attacks - https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/phishing

• Reporting suspicious messages - https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/phishing-scams/report-scam-email

• Business email compromise - https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/business-email-compromise-defending-your-organisation

• Reporting a cyber incident to the NCSC -

  https://report.ncsc.gov.uk/

Need help, use one of our schemes:

• Cyber Incident Response - https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/schemes/cyber-incident-response/information-for-buyers

• Cyber Essentials - https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/cyberessentials/overview

• Cyber Assured Consultancy - https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/ncsc-assured-cyber-security-consultancy

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