About Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland
What is Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland?
The Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland is a Scottish charity (SC170241), operating as the Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC). From the about page: "The Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland is an employee-first organisation that exists to ensure Scottish organisations are as resilient as they can be against cyber and fraud crime. In the eventuality of a cyber or fraud attack, the centre and its partners can support organisations through it and help them get back in operation."
The charity brings together the Scottish Government, Police Scotland, and the Scottish business community as "a respected voice in cyber and fraud." Services are delivered across three pillars: Prevent, Skills, and Community. Specific offerings include Cyber MOT, Cyber Advance, network and web-app vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, phishing resilience exercises, vCISO (Virtual Chief Information Security Officer) services, executive training, the Cyber Skills Academy, the Cyber Executive Education programme, and the Scottish Cyber Security Network.
Services are "delivered by our expert team of trusted professionals, and innovative Ethical Hacking students from Abertay University."
Where will I work?
The charity's registered office is 19 Rutland Square, Edinburgh EH1 2BB. The main operational office is in Linlithgow (per active job postings), with additional offices in Dundee. Recent JDs (2022–2023) consistently describe the working pattern as "Linlithgow (Hybrid working)" — hybrid from the Oracle Campus in Linlithgow with some home-working.
What is the Cyber and Fraud Centre team like?
Around 30 people work at the Centre. The team blends commercial cyber expertise with Abertay University ethical-hacking students, a unique model that combines training and service delivery. The charity describes itself first as "employee-first" — the 4-day work week was adopted to live up to that descriptor.
Key services-facing staff handle the 24/7 Incident Response Helpline (0800 167 0623), Threat Intelligence Alerts, and Scottish Cyber Security Network meetings, while Skills Academy staff deliver Secure Leaders training and the Intro to Cyber Security curriculum.
Work-Life Balance
The charity initially trialled and then made permanent its 4-day work week. The November 2022 Administrator JD documented the trial: "9 am – 5 pm Monday to Thursday" with the wording "trialling a 4-day work week which we hope to continue beyond the trial." The subsequent 2023 batch of JDs — Senior Ethical Hacker (April 3), Ethical Hacker (February 8), Cyber Security Consultant (April 24) — all advertise "Permanent Full Time (Mon- Thurs)" hours, confirming the trial was made permanent.
24 days annual leave plus UK public holidays.
Perks and Benefits
- Permanent 4-day work week — Monday to Thursday, 9am–5pm, 32 hours
- 24 days annual leave + UK public holidays
- Hybrid working — Linlithgow office with home-working option
- Employee-first Scottish charity — work on a public-good cyber resilience mission
- Multiple Scottish offices — Linlithgow, Edinburgh, Dundee