UK National Cyber Security Centre.
UK National Cyber Security Centre Feed This includes feeds from report, guidance and blog-post
- Creating the right organisational culture for cyber securityon June 25, 2025 at 2:40 pm
Calling cyber security professionals, culture specialists and leaders to drive uptake of new Cyber security culture principles.
- Have you got what it takes to be a ‘Cyber Advisor’?on June 25, 2025 at 9:00 am
Become a Cyber Advisor consultant and provide hands-on security advice tailored for SMEs.
- Trusting the tech: using password managers and passkeys to help you stay secure onlineon June 24, 2025 at 7:02 am
How today’s secure tools simplify your digital life, and reduce login stress and password fatigue
- Timelines for migration to post-quantum cryptographyon June 18, 2025 at 6:25 am
Activities which organisations must carry out to migrate safely to post-quantum cryptography in the coming years.
- Authentication methods: choosing the right typeon June 11, 2025 at 8:04 pm
Recommended authentication models for organisations looking to move ‘beyond passwords’.
- Products on your perimeter considered harmful (until proven otherwise)on June 11, 2025 at 9:09 am
As attackers’ tactics change, so must network defenders’.
- Sausages and incentives: rewarding a resilient technology futureon June 6, 2025 at 2:43 pm
Why ‘thinking big’ is required to shift the dynamics of the technology market.
- New ETSI standard protects AI systems from evolving cyber threatson May 22, 2025 at 11:45 am
The NCSC and DSIT work with ETSI to ‘set a benchmark for securing AI’.
- Facing the cyber threat behind the headlineson May 21, 2025 at 3:50 pm
NCSC CEO urges all businesses to face the stark reality of the cyber threat they face, whether in the spotlight or not.
- Software Security Code of Practice – Assurance Principles and Claims (APCs)on May 20, 2025 at 9:01 am
Helps vendors measure how well they meet the Software Security Code of Practice, and suggests remedial actions should they fall short.
- Decommissioning assetson May 20, 2025 at 6:28 am
How to retire digital assets (such as data, software, or hardware) from operation.
- Impact of AI on cyber threat from now to 2027on May 16, 2025 at 8:03 pm
An NCSC assessment highlighting the impacts on cyber threat from AI developments between now and 2027.
- Data breaches: guidance for individuals and familieson May 15, 2025 at 8:48 am
How to protect yourself from the impact of data breaches
- Ransomware: ‘WannaCry’ guidance for home users and small businesseson May 8, 2025 at 11:54 am
Guidance for home users or small businesses who want to reduce the likelihood of being held to ransom by WannaCry (or other types of ransomware).
- Ransomware: ‘WannaCry’ guidance for enterprise administratorson May 8, 2025 at 11:47 am
Guidance for enterprise administrators who want to reduce the likelihood of being held to ransom by WannaCry (or other types of ransomware).
- Introduction to logging for security purposeson May 8, 2025 at 11:37 am
Laying the groundwork for incident readiness.
- Cyber security for major eventson May 8, 2025 at 11:32 am
Assessing the cyber security needs of major events.
- Software Code of Practice: building a secure digital futureon May 7, 2025 at 8:06 am
New voluntary code of practice for technology providers defines a market baseline for cyber security.
- Incidents impacting retailers – recommendations from the NCSCon May 5, 2025 at 1:11 pm
A joint blog post by the NCSC’s National Resilience Director, Jonathon Ellison, and Chief Technology Officer, Ollie Whitehouse.
- Mitigating malware and ransomware attackson April 30, 2025 at 10:13 am
How to defend organisations against malware or ransomware attacks.
- Advanced Cryptography: new approaches to data privacyon April 25, 2025 at 1:41 pm
A new NCSC paper discusses the suitability of emerging Advanced Cryptography techniques.
- Building Web Check using PaaSon April 15, 2025 at 8:27 am
How Platform as a Service (PaaS) can make good security easier to achieve.
- New guidance on securing HTTP-based APIson April 3, 2025 at 6:28 am
Why it’s essential to secure your APIs to build trust with your customers and partners.
- New online training helps board members to govern cyber riskon April 2, 2025 at 8:57 am
The NCSC’s CEO, Richard Horne on the new cyber governance resources giving Boards the tools they need to govern cyber security risks.
- Protective DNS for the private sectoron April 1, 2025 at 8:25 am
Advice on the selection and deployment of Protective Domain Name Systems (DNS).
- Cyber Security and Resilience Policy Statement to strengthen regulation of critical sectorson March 31, 2025 at 3:53 pm
New proposals will combat the growing threat to UK critical national infrastructure (CNI).
- CyberFirst Girls Competition: a proud milestone and exciting futureon March 24, 2025 at 3:12 pm
The future of the CyberFirst Girls Competition and reflecting on brilliant progress.
- Privileged access workstations: introducing our new set of principleson March 24, 2025 at 12:46 pm
Principles-based guidance for organisations setting up a PAW solution.
- Passkeys: they’re not perfect but they’re getting betteron March 24, 2025 at 7:55 am
Passkeys are the future of authentication, offering enhanced security and convenience over passwords, but widespread adoption faces challenges that the NCSC is working to resolve.
- Passkeys: the promise of a simpler and safer alternative to passwordson March 24, 2025 at 7:39 am
The merits of choosing passkeys over passwords to help keep your online accounts more secure, and explaining how the technology promises to do this