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Cyber Resilience Resources for Highlands and Islands Businesses

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As a partner in the Scottish Government’s Cyber Resilience Strategy, we are strengthening cyber resilience across the Highlands and Islands through continued investment in digital infrastructure, targeted awareness-raising, and clear signposting to expert support and resources.

Support from HIE and our partners

From getting started to fully embedding best practices, our partners offer the resources you need.

HIE Digital Specialist Advice Grant

This grant is currently closed to enquiries. You can register your interest to be notified when it re-opens in April 2026. Up to £5,000 grants towards consultancy on the use of technologies.

CyberScotland Partnership

The CyberScotland Partnership is a collaborative leadership approach to focus efforts on improving cyber resilience across Scotland.

Police Scotland

Police Scotland investigates online fraud, ransomware, and, with the Internet Investigations Unit (IIU). Report a cyber crimes here.

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CyberScotland Partnership

The CyberScotland Partnership (CSP) is a collaboration of key stakeholders, brought together by the Scottish Government’s National Cyber Resilience Unit, to raise cyber security awareness and build cyber resilience across Scotland and drive the delivery of activities that will achieve the outcomes of The Strategic Framework for a Cyber Resilient Scotland.

The CSP supports the vision that Scotland thrives by being a digitally secure and resilient nation. It aims to raise cyber resilience awareness amongst the general public, public, private and third sectors.

It also shares information and tips on how people, businesses and organisations can stay secure online and understand what to do and how to report any incidents.

The current Partnership Chair is ScotlandIS CEO, Karen Meechan.

The 25 CyberScotland Partners are:

Age Scotland, Business Gateway, Centre for Engineering Education Development (CeeD), College Development Network (CDN), Cyber and Fraud Centre Scotland (CFCS), The Cyber and Fraud Hub, Education Scotland (EdScot), Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), The IASME Consortium (IASME), Institute of Directors Scotland, LEAD Scotland, Local Government Digital Office, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Police Scotland, ScotlandIS, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), Scottish Cyber Coordination Centre (SC3), Scottish Enterprise (SE), The Scottish Government, Scottish Sports Association, Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), Skills Development Scotland (SDS), UK Cyber Security Council, YoungScot, YouthLink Scotland

For more information, visit the CyberScotland website.

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