Guidance

Cyber security guidance for business

Guidance on how organisations can protect themselves in cyberspace, including the 10 steps to cyber security.

• From: CESG, Cabinet Office, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
• Published: 5 September 2012
• Last updated: 16 January 2015 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 13 December 2018

This content has been moved to the NCSC website: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/10-steps-cyber-security

Documents

10 Steps: Summary

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10 Steps: A Board Level Responsibility

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10 Steps: Executive Companion

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10 Steps: Ten Critical Areas

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10 Steps: Advice Sheets

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10 Steps: Infographic

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Common Cyber Attacks: Summary

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Common Cyber Attacks

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Common Cyber Attacks: Infographic

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Details

Advice from security and intelligence experts across government about how to prevent the majority of cyber (information technology) attacks, and how to manage common cyber risk. This guidance has been updated to include the document ‘Common Cyber Attacks’ which sets out what a common cyber attack looks like and how attackers typically execute them.

Disclaimer

This Guide and the accompanying documents have been produced jointly by GCHQ, BIS and CPNI. They are not intended to be an exhaustive guide to potential cyber threats or mitigations, are not tailored to individual needs and are not a replacement for specialist advice. Companies should ensure that they take appropriate specialist advice where necessary.

This Guide and the accompanying documents are provided without any warranty or representation of any kind whether express or implied. The government departments involved in the production of these documents cannot therefore accept any liability whatsoever for any loss or damage suffered or costs incurred by any person arising from the use of this document.

Findings and recommendations in this Guide and the accompanying documents have not been provided with the intention of avoiding all risks and following the recommendations will not remove all such risks. Ownership of information risks remains with the relevant system owner at all times.

© Crown Copyright 2015

Published 5 September 2012
Last updated 16 January 2015 + show all updates

1. 16 January 2015

   Updated all pages and added information on common cyber attacks

2. 5 September 2012

   First published.