Following the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) presenting at the Technical Conference on 12^th May, they have provided a list of services they offer to help you stay protected. It’s crucial for businesses to be aware of what could happen, be alerted to any potential risks and be ready to act if they are attacked.

• Subscription Centre

To keep up to date with news and advisories from the NCSC, you can sign up to our subscription service here: https://ncsc-production.microsoftcrmportals.com/subscribe/

You can sign up to receive information about a number of different NCSC publications and events e.g. weekly threat briefs, Digital Loft events, CyberUK, Small Organisations Newsletter etc. The Small Organisations Newsletter will also be relevant to your supply chain.

To assist with streamlining our information flow to our respective sectors, organisations and companies during these unprecedent times. With are disseminating all future advisories, threat reports and urgent comms out via our ‘Threat Report & Advisories’ subscription service. This is part of the suite of tools offered by the NCSC subscription service. Please sign up using the subscription service link in order to receive the most up to date information in relation to the ‘heightened threat’ following Russia’s attack on the Ukraine. You can opt out at any time, but we encourage you to sign up today in order for us to disseminate the most up to date information to you.

• Early Warning – https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/early-warning-service

Helps organisations investigate cyber attacks on their network by notifying them of malicious activity that has been detected in information feeds. We are recommending organisations sign up at their earliest opportunity.

• Exercise in a Box – https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/exercise-in-a-box

Exercise in a Box is an online tool from the NCSC which helps organisations test and practise their response to a cyber attack. It is completely free and you don’t have to be an expert to use it.

For more information, have a look at their website.