Cyber Essentials Pathways: from proof of concept to cyber confidence

This NCSC feed highlights multiple active risks and guidance: an urgent advisory urging organisations using Fortinet firewalls/VPN gateways to take immediate mitigation steps following global targeting; a detailed advisory on defending against China‑linked covert networks of compromised edge devices (map/baseline edge traffic, filter threat feeds); continued emphasis on preparing for a large vulnerability patch wave and reviewing software supply‑chain dependencies; new guidance on Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and passkeys as a password replacement; caution and strategy for adopting agentic