Advice & guidance
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🛡️ Ghiduri de Securitate GPSS
Soluții profesionale pentru protecția organizației tale
🔐 Not all types of MFA are created equal…
Our updated multi-factor authentication (MFA) guidance recommends organisations use techniques that give better protection against…
📄 Protect your management interfaces
Why it's important to protect the interfaces used to manage your infrastructure, and some recommendations…
📄 Protecting internet-facing services on public serv...
How operators of critical national infrastructure (CNI) can use NCSC guidance and blogs to secure…
☁️ Protecting how you administer cloud services
New advice on implementing high-risk and ‘break-glass’ accesses in cloud services.
🔄 Relaunching the NCSC’s Cloud security guidan...
Andrew A explains what's new in a significant update to the NCSC's flagship cloud guidance.
☁️ SCADA ‘in the cloud’: new guidance for...
If migrating SCADA solutions to the cloud, cyber security must be a key consideration for…
📄 Spotlight on shadow IT
New guidance to help organisations manage rogue devices and services within the enterprise.
📄 Privileged access workstations: introducing our ne...
Principles-based guidance for organisations setting up a PAW solution.
📄 Protective DNS for the private sector
Advice on the selection and deployment of Protective Domain Name Systems (DNS).
📄 New guidance on securing HTTP-based APIs
Why it’s essential to secure your APIs to build trust with your customers and partners.
🔐 Ransomware: ‘WannaCry’ guidance for ho...
Guidance for home users or small businesses who want to reduce the likelihood of being…
📄 Data breaches: guidance for individuals and famili...
How to protect yourself from the impact of data breaches
🛡️ Have you got what it takes to be a ‘Cyber Ad...
Become a Cyber Advisor consultant and provide hands-on security advice tailored for SMEs.
📄 Incidents impacting retailers – recommendations fr...
A joint blog post by the NCSC’s National Resilience Director, Jonathon Ellison, and Chief Technology…
🦠 Security White Paper 2011-001 – Additional M...
CERT-EU security guidance: Security White Paper 2011-001 - Additional Malware Protection with MSS Tuesday, September…
📖 Security White Paper 2011-002 – CERT-EU Serv...
CERT-EU security guidance: Security White Paper 2011-002 - CERT-EU Services - Fundamentals Wednesday, October 26,…
🦠 Security White Paper 2011-003 – Windows Malw...
CERT-EU security guidance: Security White Paper 2011-003 - Windows Malware Detection (Incident Response Methodology) Thursday,…
📧 Security White Paper 2014-005 – E-mail Sende...
CERT-EU security guidance: Security White Paper 2014-005 - E-mail Sender Address Forgery Tuesday, April 15,…
📧 Security White Paper 2014-006 – Handling of ...
CERT-EU security guidance: Security White Paper 2014-006 - Handling of Potentially Malicious Emails Tuesday, May…
🛡️ UPDATED – Security White Paper 2014-008 R...
CERT-EU security guidance: UPDATED - Security White Paper 2014-008 - Cisco IOS Risk Mitigation Monday,…
📖 Security White Paper 2014-009 – DDoS Overvie...
CERT-EU security guidance: Security White Paper 2014-009 - DDoS Overview and Incident Response Guide Tuesday,…
📖 Security White Paper 2014-011 – Guidelines d...
CERT-EU security guidance: Security White Paper 2014-011 - Guidelines dataprotection notification Tuesday, January 06, 2015…
🔄 UPDATED – Security White Paper 2014-007 R...
CERT-EU security guidance: UPDATED - Security White Paper 2014-007 - Pass The Golden Ticket v1.4…
📖 Security White Paper 2016-001 – Improved Sec...
CERT-EU security guidance: Security White Paper 2016-001 - Improved Security with HTTPS v1.0 Tuesday, April…