What is it?
Cyber Advance is a year-long, comprehensive solution that provides continuous cybersecurity support, strategic guidance, testing and training. This service includes a security assessment (either a vulnerability assessment or pen test), and a tailored cyber training programme to help your organisation stay resilient.
How this benefits your organisation
With Cyber Advance, your organisation gains access to senior-level expertise without the need for a full-time Chief Information Security Officer. This ongoing support ensures your security strategy evolves with emerging threats, enhances your team’s skills, and boosts your overall cyber resilience. Alongside this, the security assessment helps frame all the work that you may need to prioritise over the course of the 12 months.
Cyber Advance encompasses two essential components: conducting tests to uncover vulnerabilities within your organisation’s systems and providing cyber awareness training for your employees and board members. Below, we detail the two Cyber Advance packages available for organisations to select from.
A Vulnerability Assessment involves a systematic review of security weaknesses in an information system. It evaluates if a system is susceptible to known vulnerabilities, assigns severity levels to those vulnerabilities, and recommends remediation or mitigation if and whenever needed.
Our cyber training will help your stakeholders get to grips with the fundamentals and understand the importance of cyber security.
Cyber security awareness training is an effective way to educate and ensure proper procedures are followed; it reduces risk and protects your organisation’s data against cyber attacks
Penetration testing offers a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of system vulnerabilities by simulating cyber attacks, essential for meeting audit and compliance standards, and conducted by NCSC accredited ethical hackers, with optional CREST Accredited services available.
Our cyber training will help your stakeholders get to grips with the fundamentals and understand the importance of cyber security.
Cyber security awareness training is an effective way to educate and ensure proper procedures are followed; it reduces risk and protects your organisation’s data against cyber attacks
Instant access to an expert team who will guide you through the proactive steps to strengthen your organisation’s cyber security posture.
The cost of cyber security can often prevent many organisations from implementing protective measures. Cyber Advance is priced based on the size of your IT estate, and we are committed to always being completely transparent about what you receive for your money. Aware of the ongoing cost of living challenges, we offer adaptable monthly payment options to suit your budgetary requirements.
We are a not-for-profit organisation, and our key focus is to strengthen your organisation’s cyber posture. We understand the time and money constraints on SMEs and will always ensure we give clear-cut, transparent answers with clear logic and reasoning to queries and work with you based on your requirements.
Over the course of the year, we look to critical areas where we can make a difference both in the short and long-term. Alongside the professional cyber services included, we will also commit to training senior executives, board members and technical and non-technical staff.
You will hear about our news and upcoming events before anyone else. You will have access to all our resources, including our Threat Intel Portal and App, Incident Response Helpline, and cyber and fraud guidance.
“The services provided by Cyber and Fraud Centre have been invaluable to us as an organisation. Due to the nature of the services we provide, the security of our data is of the utmost importance. The team were always on hand to help and answer any questions. The recommendations that they made were clear and concise to ensure that we were able to implement them quickly.
I would recommend that any third sector organisation needing to assess their cyber security use Cyber and Fraud Centre Scotland.”
“During our preparation for ISO 27001 re-accreditation, we were incredibly grateful for the support we received from the team at the Cyber and Fraud Centre. They conducted a Penetration Test for our systems, providing valuable evidence for our audit. We passed our reaccreditation and want to send a huge thanks for the expert advice we received”.
You should consider Cyber Advance if your organisation:
Some of the benefits of using Cyber Advance include:
Cyber Advance is right for organisations of all sizes, but it is especially well-suited for businesses that:
Cyber Advance is priced based on the size of your organisation’s IT estate and the maturity of your organisation’s cyber security posture. To get an exact quote, you will need to answer some basic questions during a consultation with the Cyber and Fraud Centre.
To get started with Cyber Advance, simply contact the Cyber and Fraud Centre to schedule a consultation. During the consultation, you will have the opportunity to learn more about the service and ask any questions you have. Once you have decided to move forward with Cyber Advance, the Centre will work with you to develop a customised plan for your organisation.
A vulnerability assessment is a systematic process of identifying, classifying, and prioritising vulnerabilities in an organisation’s IT systems, networks, and applications. It helps organisations understand and manage their cyber security risks by providing a comprehensive overview of their security posture.
SMEs and non-profit organisations often lack the resources and expertise to implement comprehensive cyber security programs. Vulnerability assessments provide a cost-effective and practical approach to identifying and addressing cyber security weaknesses before they can be exploited by attackers.
Vulnerability assessments focus on identifying weaknesses in an organisation’s systems, while penetration tests attempt to exploit those weaknesses to simulate a real-world attack. Penetration tests are more comprehensive and expensive than vulnerability assessments, but they can provide more in-depth information about the organisation’s security posture.
Cyber Advance vulnerability assessments are conducted by experienced ethical hackers who use a variety of tools and techniques to identify a wide range of vulnerabilities. The assessments are prioritised based on severity and exploitability, providing organisations with a clear action plan for remediation.
Any organisation, regardless of size or industry, can benefit from a vulnerability assessment. However, they are particularly valuable for SMEs and non-profit organisations that may not have the resources for more comprehensive cyber security measures.
Cyber awareness training is a type of training that educates employees about cyber security threats and how to protect themselves and the organisation from them. The training covers a wide range of topics, including:
Cyber awareness training is important for all organisations, regardless of size or industry. Cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated and frequent, and human error is a major factor in many breaches. By investing in cyber awareness training, organisations can:
Cyber Advance cyber awareness training is a comprehensive program that is designed to make cyber security accessible to everyone, regardless of their technical background. The training provides a variety of benefits, including:
Any organisation that wants to improve its cyber security posture should consider Cyber Advance cyber awareness training. The training is particularly valuable for organisations that: