Justice secretary and chief superintendent encourage use of free tool.
Scottish businesses are being encouraged to sign to and use a free digital tool to help businesses better understand and monitor malicious cyber activity.
The Police CyberAlarm was first made available to all police forces and regions by the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) Cybercrime Programme in 2020, and since its launch has identified over a billion potential suspicious events, according to media reports.
Chief superintendent Conrad Trickett said: “Cybersecurity should be a priority for every business. There has never been a more appropriate time to make use of any system that can make them more cyber resilient.
“I would urge businesses to take the opportunity to sign up to the Police CyberAlarm scheme.”
Justice secretary Angela Constance said that improving cyber resilience remains a key priority for the Scottish Government, and encouraged businesses to sign up to Police CyberAlarm.
“The technology helps firms understand the risks they face online and assists Police Scotland to work with organisations so they can prepare to respond to cyber-attacks effectively,” Constance said. “We want to make the most of technological advances while keeping Scotland digitally safe and secure.”
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
