The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.
Cyber resilience
SCVO have appointed Alison Brogan as Third Sector Cyber Resilience Co-ordinator, who will work closely with Scottish Government through the CyberScotland partnership, to support Scotland’s voluntary sector in their journey to becoming more cyber resilient.
Alison is guided by a working group, made up of a range of people from across the sector, who will shape and guide the programme of work to help the sector in:
- prioritising cyber risk
- protecting against most common threats
- preparing for cyber incidents
CyberScotland partnership
The CyberScotland partnership brings together partners from all sectors across Scotland to boost cyber resilience. Here you can find up-to-date advice and guidance specifically for the third sector:
SCVO resources
- Take the free SCVO Digital Checkup to assess your current digital maturity and plot a route ahead, including cyber security.
- Download, print and keep our new easy-to-use incident response template to help smaller organisations prepare for a cyber incident.
- SCVO members can set up a free Coalition Control account that gives access to a cyber risk management platform to help organisations better protect themselves from cyber attacks.
- Quarterly hints and tips to help your staff and volunteers spot cyber risks and take appropriate action to help make your organisation less vulnerable. We started with passwords, followed by asking them to attend a cyber event or read a news article at CyberScotland.com, before reminding don't take the bait and now we're talking about keeping devices up to date.
- Digital inclusion for information on how your organisation can embed this into your core work, incl. staying safe online.
- Data protection for information on how to legally protect personal information.
- Risk management for information on the key types of risk that can affect your organisation and the importance of risk policy.
Cyber catalyst network
Become a cyber catalyst and you can:
- Connect with other people in the voluntary sector who are interested in keeping organisations safe online
- Receive monthly summaries of the latest cyber initiatives and upcoming events
- Contribute to plans for future cyber resilience initiatives
- Help raise the profile of cyber resilience, sharing insights and best practice with your networks
Our work to help organisations grow their digital capacity is supported by:
