Staff News

We hope you found the cyber week messages interesting and useful.  It has hopefully shown how a single action can lead to disastrous consequences for an organisation and continue to cause problems over a long period before normal services are restored.

Today we will look at how we would begin to recover from the cyber-attack.

Once the malware has been completely eradicated from all of the systems, the process of recovery can begin. – this would be a bit like refurbishing a striped building

Are you looking to develop your skills this year?

With the support of Scottish Government funding, the Orkney Local Employability Partnership are excited to offer free opportunities for parents to develop their skills and achieve a qualification to help support their current job, or to progress in their role.

Today we will look at some of the things that are likely to happen during a successful attack.

Today we will look at the immediate effect of a ransomware attack, how it happens, how it spreads, and what it does to organizations.

Cyber Week is an annual event intended to bring people and organisations together to raise cyber security awareness and to increase cyber resilience by doing so. We will be sending a message to all staff each day this week and the theme of the cyber security messages this year will be cyber-attacks and looking at examples of how cyber-attacks happen.  There have been an alarming number of cyber-attacks reported across the UK and some recently in Scotland.  We’ll look at some of the aspects of an attack in detail, especially the effects and consequences.

Are you looking to develop your skills this year?

With the support of Scottish Government funding, the Orkney Local Employability Partnership are excited to offer free opportunities for parents to develop their skills and achieve a qualification to help support their current job, or to progress in their role.

Free training on Child Impact Assessment (CIA) toolkit for children and young people affected by family members who are engaged with the justice system in Scotland.

We are delighted to announce that we are launching our second round of Guided Journaling sessions starting on Wednesday 7 February 2024 at 4.00pm.

Last week saw a fantastic team effort across Council services in responding to the challenges of the weather conditions.  I’m incredibly proud of the response of Council staff and our partners and the way we worked together to support and protect our communities.