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Manchester Incident
As you will have seen from extensive media reporting, on Thursday morning an individual attacked several people at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester.
Counter Terrorism Policing has declared this as a terrorist incident. The UK terrorism threat level remains SUBSTANTIAL ('an attack is likely').
Relevant advice and guidance includes SCaN, marauding terrorist attacks and…
Election guidance for local authorities
The election guidance for local authorities guidance has been produced by the NCSC and the NPSA for local authority IT teams. It contains reminders around good cyber security practices for the systems that support the delivery of UK elections. It does not replace tailored advice and…
Putting National Security Threats in Context
We aim to help you keep up to date with an evolving threat picture, as well as providing advice and guidance on the risk management and mitigation tools available to protect your organisation
Marauding Terrorist Attacks - Lockdown actions that small businesses can take to save lives
NPSA have produced a short film which introduces the quick actions a member of staff within a retail outlet can take to lockdown their premise during a terrorist incident
Security in mind: How do you know what is sensitive or not?
Adopting a security-minded approach will assist any organisation in protecting against the loss, theft or disclosure of commercial information, personal information and intellectual property. NPSA has developed a new digital game that asks players to pinpoint the security sensitivities in two…
GovS 007: Security
GovS 007 is part of a suite of functional standards that are being implemented across government.
Social Engineering - If something seems too good to be true, it probably is!
Individuals and organisations should be aware of the threat from a variety of types of social engineering attacks