Expert Comment, J. Carson: Scottish Gov Grant for smaller org’s Cybersecurity Training
August 2022 by Joseph Carson, Ethical Hacker, Chief Security Scientist and Advisory CISO at Delinea
In the news, the Scottish government has signed a £500,000 contract to extend cyber resilience training to more than 250 organisations across the country.
Joseph Carson, Ethical Hacker, Chief Security Scientist and Advisory CISO at Delinea, is delighted with the initiative, highlighting the benefits of grants such as these, which open the doors to a cybersecurity budget which wouldn’t typically be available to smaller sectors/organisations:
“It is truly great to see the Scottish Government setting an example by taking the initiative to help educate multiple public services, health, housing and social care bodies to best prepare them for very real and somewhat probable cyber attacks, helping more businesses aim to hit the cyber essentials five security controls.
Grants like these are an essential step to encouraging smaller organisations to strengthen security awareness and business resiliency against the ever-increasing cyber threats, where the budget wouldn’t necessarily always be available.”