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Protecting system administration with PAM
Remote system administration provides powerful and flexible access to systems and services.
Supplier assurance: having confidence in your suppliers
Questions to ask your suppliers that will help you gain confidence in their cyber security.
Why cloud first is not a security problem
Using the cloud securely should be your primary concern – not the underlying security of the public cloud.
NCSC IT: There’s confidence and then there’s SaaS
Raising a cheer for SaaS vendors who respond to our cloud security principles.
New interactive video – and related downloads – to help secondary school kids stay safe online
A new initiative, aimed at 11 to 14-year-olds, that helps them navigate the risks of online life.
The future of Technology Assurance in the UK
Chris Ensor highlights some important elements of the NCSC’s new Technology Assurance strategy.
Guidance: Business payment practices and performance: reporting requirements
**Understanding Business Payment Practices and Performance: A Guide to Reporting Requirements** In today’s dynamic business environment, transparency and accountability are…
Accredited official statistics: Building materials and components statistics: February 2025
# Insights into Building Materials and Components: February 2025 The construction sector plays a pivotal role in the economic landscape,…
Promotional material: Transport security: an introduction to UK capability
**Transport Security: An Introduction to UK Capability** In an increasingly interconnected world, the safety and security of our transport networks…
Promotional material: Securing critical national infrastructure: an introduction to UK capability
### Securing Critical National Infrastructure: An Introduction to UK Capability In an age where threats to national security are increasingly…
Transparency data: DBT register of board members’ interests 2024 to 2025
**Transparency in Governance: The DBT Register of Board Members’ Interests 2024 to 2025** In an age where accountability and ethical…
Employment Rights Bill to boost productivity for British workers and grow the economy
**Title: How the Employment Rights Bill Aims to Enhance Productivity and Stimulate Economic Growth** In a significant move aimed at…
Making Work Pay: the application of zero hours contracts measures to agency workers
**Making Work Pay: Tackling One-Sided Flexibility in Zero Hours Contracts for Agency Workers** In recent years, the issue of one-sided…
Making Work Pay: collective redundancy and fire and rehire
### Making Work Pay: Collective Redundancy and Fire and Rehire In recent years, the landscape of employment practices in the…
Research: Agency worker survey report
**Understanding the Agency Worker Experience: Insights from the 2020 Survey** In recent years, the role of agency workers within various…
Guidance: Better Regulation Framework
**Title: Navigating the Better Regulation Framework: A Guide for Government Officials** In an ever-evolving regulatory landscape, government officials are often…
The near-term impact of AI on the cyber threat
An NCSC assessment focusing on how AI will impact the efficacy of cyber operations and the implications for the cyber…
Employment Rights Bill to boost productivity for British workers and grow the economy
**Title: Employment Rights Bill: A Catalyst for Productivity and Economic Growth** In a significant move towards enhancing the welfare of…
Cloud security made easier with Serverless
Our research shows that using Serverless components makes it easier to get good security in the cloud
Notice: Notice to exporters 2025/05: compound settlement offer for breaches of export control
### Notice to Exporters 2025/05: Compound Settlement Offer for Breaches of Export Control In a recent announcement, HM Revenue and…
NCSC For Startups: from HP Labs to Configured Things
Simon Arnell, co-founder of Configured Things, describes how the NCSC For Startups programme helped the company solve an intelligence community…
Employment Rights Bill to boost productivity for British workers and grow the economy
**Boosting Productivity and Economic Growth: The Employment Rights Bill** The UK Government is taking a significant step toward enhancing the…
Government to turbocharge defence innovation
# Government to Turbocharge Defence Innovation In an increasingly complex and volatile global landscape, the importance of robust national defence…
Principles and how they can help us with assurance
Explaining the forthcoming NCSC Technology Assurance Principles.
Government to take over redress for convicted postmasters from Post Office
**Title: Government Assumes Control of Redress for Convicted Postmasters** In a significant development, the UK government has announced that it…
Transparency data: DBT register of board members’ interests 2024 to 2025
**Title: Understanding the DBT Register of Board Members’ Interests (2024-2025)** In an era where transparency and accountability are increasingly demanded…
Transparency data: DBT commercial pipeline
**Understanding the Transparency Data: DBT Commercial Pipeline** The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) plays a pivotal role in shaping…
Policy paper: UK support to Ukraine: factsheet
**Title: A Comprehensive Overview of UK Support to Ukraine Following the Invasion** In recent years, the geopolitical landscape of Eastern…
Transparency data: Post Office Horizon financial redress data for 2025
### The Post Office Horizon Financial Redress for 2025: A Comprehensive Overview As the aftermath of the Post Office Horizon…
Guidance: Register of Overseas Entities: guidance on registration and verification
**Understanding the Register of Overseas Entities: Guidance on Registration and Verification** In an increasingly globalised world, the complexities surrounding property…
Transparency data: COVID-19 loan guarantee schemes repayment data: December 2024
**Title: Insights into the Performance of COVID-19 Loan Guarantee Schemes: December 2024 Update** As we approach the end of 2024,…
Transparency data: COVID-19 loan guarantee schemes repayment data: December 2024
### COVID-19 Loan Guarantee Schemes: Insights from the December 2024 Repayment Data As we approach the end of 2024, the…
Guns, knives, swords and other offensive weapons: UK border control
### Safeguarding the UK: Understanding Border Control on Firearms and Offensive Weapons In recent years, the issue of firearms and…
£230m DHL investment in Coventry to create hundreds of local jobs
### DHL’s £230 Million Investment in Coventry: A Boost for Local Employment In a significant development for the West Midlands,…
Strategic export controls: licensing data
### Strategic Export Controls: Licensing Data in Focus In the realm of international trade and security, the significance of strategic…
Guidance: Licensing statistics statement of administrative sources
**Understanding the Licensing Statistics: A Comprehensive Overview of Administrative Sources** In the realm of trade and export, data integrity and…
Scottish businesses sell to the world with £42 million lift
### Scottish Businesses Sell to the World with £42 Million Lift In an impressive display of resilience and adaptability, Scottish…
Research: Overview of Greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) 2003 to 2023
**Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment: A Twenty-Year Overview from 2003 to 2023** Greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) has become a pivotal…
Kick Off in Business – business start-up and self employment online courses
**Kick Off in Business: Your Path to Successful Self-Employment** In today’s dynamic economic landscape, the dream of starting a business…
Guidance: What are super-complaints?
**Understanding Super-Complaints: A Guide for Consumers and Businesses** In an increasingly competitive market, ensuring fair practices and robust consumer protection…
UK firms rake in ‘tens of millions’ in exports to India
# UK Firms Rake in Tens of Millions in Exports to India In recent developments, companies within the UK’s technology…
More than £100 million in Indian investment creating UK jobs
### New Indian Investment Deals: A Commitment to the UK Economy In recent weeks, the United Kingdom has witnessed a…
Official Statistics: Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with A or B)
**Understanding the UK’s Trade and Investment Partnerships: A Focus on A and B** In an increasingly interconnected world, the importance…
Official Statistics: Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with C to F)
### Understanding the UK’s Trade and Investment Landscape: Partners C to F In an era of increasingly interconnected global markets,…
Trade sanctions, arms embargoes, and other trade restrictions
**Understanding Trade Sanctions, Arms Embargoes, and Trade Restrictions: Navigating Complex Global Regulations** In an increasingly interconnected world, the regulation of…
Notice: Trade remedies notices: anti-dumping duty on corrosion resistant iron and steel from China
### Understanding the Anti-Dumping Duty on Corrosion Resistant Iron and Steel from China In recent developments, the Secretary of State…
UK businesses lead the way with record numbers of female leaders
**Breaking Barriers: UK Businesses Lead the Way with Record Numbers of Female Leaders** In recent years, the conversation surrounding gender…
Notice: Notice to exporters 2025/03: update to countering Russian sanctions evasion and circumvention guidance
**Title: Important Update for UK Exporters: Countering Russian Sanctions Evasion and Circumvention** The Department for Business and Trade has recently…
Guidance: Countering Russian sanctions evasion and circumvention
**Title: Navigating the Complex Landscape: Guidance for UK Exporters on Countering Russian Sanctions Evasion and Circumvention** In recent years, the…
Official Statistics: Preference utilisation of UK trade in goods, 2022
**Title: Unpacking the 2022 Statistics on the UK’s Utilisation of Tariff Preferences in Trade** In recent years, the landscape of…
Official Statistics: Preference utilisation of UK trade in goods, 2021
**Title: Understanding the Utilisation of Tariff Preferences in UK Trade: Insights from 2021 Statistics** The landscape of international trade is…
UK businesses lead the way with record numbers of female leaders
**Title: Celebrating Progress: UK Businesses Lead the Way with Record Female Leaders** In recent years, the landscape of corporate leadership…
Talks relaunch on India trade deal to boost UK’s growth agenda
**Title: Reinventing Trade: The Relaunch of UK-India Free Trade Talks** In an era defined by swift global changes and evolving…
Joint Statement on the resumption of India-UK trade negotiations
**Title: Resuming Prosperity: India and UK Revive Trade Negotiations** Today marks a significant milestone as the Republic of India and…
Official Statistics: UK defence export statistics 2023
### UK Defence Export Statistics 2023: An Analytical Overview The United Kingdom has long been recognised as one of the…
Guidance: Open general export licence (exports in support of Joint Strike Fighter: F-35 Lightning II)
### Understanding the Open General Export Licence for the Joint Strike Fighter: F-35 Lightning II Programme In an era where…
Notice: Notice to exporters 2025/02: update to open general export licence
**Title: Updates to Open General Export Licence for F-35 Lightning II Support** In a significant development for exporters, the Export…
Talks relaunch on India trade deal to boost UK’s growth agenda
**Reviving Ties: The Relaunch of UK-India Free Trade Talks** The United Kingdom is poised to reignite its economic relationship with…
Official Statistics: Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with J to L)
**Title: Understanding the Landscape of UK Trade and Investment with Key Partners (J to L)** In today’s globalised economy, the…
Official Statistics: Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with T to V)
**Title: An Overview of the UK’s Trade and Investment Landscape with Partners T to V** In an age of global…
Notice: Trade remedies notices: anti-dumping duty on corrosion resistant iron and steel from China
Understanding the Anti-Dumping Duty on Corrosion Resistant Iron and Steel from China In an increasingly globalised marketplace, the fair trade…
Official Statistics: Trade and investment core statistics book
A Comprehensive Overview of the UK’s Trade and Investment Landscape In today’s rapidly evolving global economy, it is imperative for…
Official Statistics: UK trade in numbers
An Insight into UK Trade: The Latest Official Statistics The landscape of international trade has always played a pivotal role…
Official Statistics: DBT national survey of registered businesses’ exporting behaviours, attitudes and needs mid-year tables 2024
Understanding UK Businesses’ Exporting Behaviours: Insights from the 2024 DBT National Survey As the global economy continues to evolve, the…
The cyber threat to Universities
Assessing the cyber security threat to UK Universities
Organisational use of Enterprise Connected Devices
Assessing the cyber security threat to UK organisations using Enterprise Connected Devices.
Firmware updates on Linux, and using data to influence procurement decisions
Focused on automating UEFI firmware updates on Windows devices.
What exactly should we be logging?
A structured look at what data to collect for security purposes and when to collect it.
An RFC on IoCs – playing our part in international standards
The NCSC has published a new RFC on Indicators of Compromise to support cyber security in protocol design – and…
So long and thanks for all the bits
Ian Levy, the NCSC’s departing Technical Director, discusses life, the universe, and everything.
Studies in secure system design
Worked examples for Operational Technology and Virtualised systems, using the NCSC’s secure design principles
NCSC’s cyber security training for staff now available
The NCSC’s e-learning package ‘Top Tips For Staff’ can be completed online, or built into your own training platform.
New ‘Connected Places’ infographic published
A new visual guide to the cyber security principles that are essential when developing and managing ‘smart cities’.
Cyber security for high profile conferences
Managing the cyber security of high profile events in the real and virtual worlds.
Asset management
Implementing asset management for good cyber security.
Building and operating a secure online service
Guidance for organisations that use, own, or operate an online service who are looking to start securing it.
Pattern: Safely Importing Data
An architecture pattern for safely importing data into a system from an external source.
How to spot scammers claiming to be from the NCSC
Check that you’re talking to a genuine NCSC employee, and not a criminal.
GDPR security outcomes
This guidance describes a set of technical security outcomes that are considered to represent appropriate measures under the GDPR.
Design Pattern: Safely Exporting Data
How to implement a secure end-to-end data export solution
Reducing data exfiltration by malicious insiders
Advice and recommendations for mitigating this type of insider behaviour.
Scam ‘missed parcel’ SMS messages: advice on avoiding malware
How to avoid malware sent using scam ‘missed parcel’ SMS messages, and what to do if your phone is already…
Zero trust: building a mixed estate
Two ways organisations can enable access and maintain the security benefits of zero trust even when parts of the infrastructure…
Transaction Monitoring for online services
This guidance is aimed at service owners and security specialists involved in the provision of online services.
Macro Security for Microsoft Office
Why macros are a threat, and the approaches you can take to protect your systems.
Press release: Ministers confirm appointments to key roles
新闻稿：部长确认关键职位的任命 政府任命新的低薪委员会、咨询、和解与仲裁服务以及中央仲裁委员会成员。 阅读更多中文内容： 政府任命新成员至低薪委员会、咨询、调解与仲裁服务及中央仲裁委员会
News story: Scottish Secretary reacts to Labour Market Stats
新闻故事：苏格兰秘书对劳动力市场统计数据的反应 今天的数据显示，苏格兰有77,000名员工处于零工合约之下，他们将因英国政府的政策而获得更大的就业保障。 阅读更多中文内容： 提升工作安全感：苏格兰77000名零工合同工人的新机遇
Independent report: Report of the independent investigation into Capture accounting software
独立报告：独立调查捕获会计软件的报告 对1990年代邮局开发的软件的调查结果进行审查，该软件旨在帮助分局长进行平衡和定期对账。 阅读更多中文内容： 对1990年代邮局开发软件的研究评估：协助副邮政局长平衡与定期对账
Official Statistics: Preference utilisation of UK trade in goods: technical annex
官方统计数据：英国商品贸易的优惠利用情况：技术附录 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/preference-utilisation-of-uk-trade-in-goods-technical-annex 关于英国在优惠贸易协议（PTAs）下对进口和出口关税优惠利用情况的统计数据的技术附录。 阅读更多中文内容： 英国在偏好贸易协定下的关税优惠利用统计技术附录
Official Statistics: Preference utilisation of UK trade in goods, 2021
官方统计数据：2021年英国商品贸易的优惠利用情况 2021年英国在自贸协定下对进口和出口的关税优惠利用统计数据，包括大不列颠与欧盟在《贸易与合作协议》下的商品贸易。 阅读更多中文内容： 2021年英国在自贸协定下关税优惠利用统计报告
Official Statistics: Preference utilisation of UK trade in goods, 2022
官方统计数据：2022年英国商品贸易的偏好利用率 2022年关于英国在自贸协定下对进口和出口的关税偏好利用情况的统计数据，包括大不列颠与欧盟在《贸易与合作协议》下的商品贸易。 阅读更多中文内容： 2022年英国在自贸协定下利用关税优惠的统计数据分析
Policy paper: Interministerial Group for Trade communiqué: 22 January 2025
政策文件：贸易部际小组通报：2025年1月22日 贸易部际小组会议的会议记录。 阅读更多中文内容： 部长间贸易小组会议纪要
Press release: Ministers confirm appointments to key roles
新闻稿：部长确认关键角色的任命 政府任命新成员加入低工资委员会、咨询、调解和仲裁服务以及中央仲裁委员会。 阅读更多中文内容： 政府任命新成员至低薪委员会、咨询、调解与仲裁服务机构及中央仲裁委员会
Press release: Business Secretary fortifies UK steel industry
新闻稿：商务秘书加强英国钢铁行业 商务秘书启动钢铁计划咨询，寻求利益相关者的意见，以便为钢铁战略的发展提供信息。 阅读更多中文内容： 商业部长启动钢铁咨询计划，征求利益相关者意见以指导钢铁战略的发展
Open consultation: Input into the steel strategy
公开咨询：对钢铁战略的意见征集 英国商业和贸易部（DBT）寻求利益相关者的意见，以便为钢铁战略的发展提供信息——钢铁计划。 阅读更多中文内容： 英国商务与贸易部征集利益相关者意见，助力钢铁战略发展——钢铁计划
Guidance: Help to Grow: Management – privacy notice
指导：帮助成长：管理 – 隐私通知 我们将如何使用您的个人数据以及您的权利是什么。 阅读更多中文内容： 如何使用您的个人数据及您的权利
Press release: International trade mission to Ukraine deepens industry ties and boosts growth
新闻稿：国际贸易代表团赴乌克兰加深行业联系并促进增长 首个国际防务贸易代表团访问基辅，加深了乌克兰与其盟友之间的行业联系。 阅读更多中文内容： 首个国际防务贸易任务推动乌克兰与盟友之间的产业联系
Press release: International trade mission to Ukraine deepens industry ties and boosts growth
新闻稿：国际贸易代表团赴乌克兰加深行业联系并促进增长 首个国际防务贸易代表团访问基辅，加深乌克兰与其盟友之间的行业联系。 阅读更多中文内容： 首个国际防务贸易使命深入基辅 加强乌克兰与盟友之间的产业联系
Research: Market intelligence: estimates of other countries’ defence exports
Global Defence Exports: An Analysis of Market Intelligence from 2013 to 2023 In an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, the defence…
Official Statistics: UK defence export statistics 2023
The State of the UK Defence Export Market: Insights from 2023 In an era marked by evolving geopolitical landscapes and…
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