FinTech Scotland launches innovation partnership with Edinburgh Napier University
The cluster management organisation for the financial technology – ‘fintech’- sector in Scotland has launched an innovation partnership with Edinburgh Napier University. The deal will strengthen industry and academia collaboration...
Six Scottish cyber firms will get chance to travel to London expo
Six Scottish cyber firms will get the chance to exhibit at a London industry expo thanks to support from Scotland’s tech trade body. ScotlandIS will support the companies to take...
Ransomware attacks up by over 200%, new survey shows
Ransomware attacks have risen by 221% year-on-year according to new figures by a leading cybersecurity firm. A survey released by Manchester-headquartered NCC Group show there were 434 attacks in June 2023,...
WatchGuard expands identity protection capabilities with new AuthPoint Total Identity Security bundle
WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in unified cybersecurity, today unveiled AuthPoint Total Identity Security, a comprehensive bundle that combines the award-winning AuthPoint multi-factor authentication (MFA) with dark web credential monitoring...
Scottish Government seeks new ‘head of cyber’
The Scottish Government has entered the recruitment market for a new ‘head of cyber’ to oversee its organisational and national cyber resilience and security functions. The £81k deputy director role...
Cyber Workforce Resilience Trend Report
In an era of escalating cyberattacks and an ever-evolving threat landscape, organisations worldwide are recognising the importance of long-term cyber resilience. This goes beyond mere detection and prevention of cybersecurity...
Effective cyber investments in the face of challenging headwinds
“The starting point must be that every British company is a target, that every British network will be attacked, and that cybercrime is not something that happens to other people.”...
Building threat intelligence to ‘mature’ your cybersecurity posture
Our very way of life, our public services, our Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) and our digital economy are not immune from constant cyber threats. Through time, history has taught us that...
Cyber boost for customers of Dundee’s managed cloud services provider Brightsolid
Customers of Brightsolid – the Dundee-based managed cloud services provider – will benefit from a new cyber platform that can detect network vulnerabilities. The company has deployed the industry-leading Tenable...
Free handbook published to help small Scottish firms tackle cybercrime
A free new handbook has been produced to help Scottish small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) to tackle the growing threat of cybercrime. The CyberScotland Partnership released the new ‘Cyber Strategy...

