Scotland is a thriving tech and financial hub that is expected to help grow the UK economy. Just like other growing tech centers, though, it has no immunity or exemption from cyber threats. Organisations and individuals in Scotland continuously encounter various kinds of cyberattacks. In mid-2021, Audit Scotland, the country’s central auditor, issued a warning about the rise of sophisticated malware attacks in the public sector.
What makes the Scottish cyber threat landscape different from those in other areas, however, is that the country appears to have better preparedness in dealing with the online and digital risks. The number of cybersecurity firms in the country grew by 300 percent in the 2017 to 2019 period. Scotland is also the base of more than a dozen financial institutions with their own cybersecurity departments.
Additionally, there is a notable increase in the demand for cybersecurity talents including those who specialise in incident response, training, consultancy, monitoring, detection and analysis, SCADA, network security, information risk assessment, and management, as well as end-user device security.
Rarely does Scotland…
