New virtual awards ceremony to honour Scotland’s ‘community’ cyber leaders
A new virtual awards ceremony honouring Scotland’s community cyber leaders will be hosted as part of a national cyber week in February next year. The first Scottish Business Resilience Centre…
Leading cyber organisation in ‘fit for purpose’ digital warning
One of Scotland’s leading cyber organisations has urged individuals and businesses to ensure their digital systems are ‘fit for purpose’ after it emerged a quarter of all online attacks in…
Scotland’s national digital skills academy signs up TV’s Hunted star to launch cyber security course
A former British military sniper and star of Channel 4’s Hunted series will take part in a virtual event to launch a new cyber security course – on behalf of…
Paddy Tomkins steps down as Chair of the Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC)
The chair of the Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) is to stand down after four years. Paddy Tomkins, a former high-ranking police officer, is moving aside to focus on other…
SBRC appoints ethical hacker to provide offensive security advice
As part of its commitment to ensuring Scottish organisations better understand cyber security and can identify their weaknesses to avoid cyber-crime, the Scottish Business Resilience Centre has appointed an Ethical…
New report reveals UK as world leader in online safety innovation
The UK’s safety tech sector is helping make the online world safer for millions of people. A study published this week shows significant growth of ‘safety tech’ businesses and their…
Cyber review may spell end for Huawei 5G deal
Government set for climbdown after US bans on Chinese telecoms group and growing resistance from backbenchers The National Cyber Security Centre in the UK is expected to conclude that US…
CENSIS IoT Cyber Challenge Accelerator 2020
CENSIS is offering up to five Scottish-based companies or individuals a package of co-ordinated growth support over several months to help them accelerate an IoT cyber security or resilience product…
UK ‘Cyber Aware’ campaign launched to combat cyber security threats
The NCSC recently launched their ‘Cyber Aware’ programme, which aims to provide advice to businesses and encourage citizens to report suspected email scammers. In the last two months, the cyber-specialised…
Quorum Cyber gains CREST (CSIR) Accreditation
Quorum Cyber is an award-winning cyber security firm CREST is an international not-for-profit accreditation and certification body that represents and supports the technical information security market. The CREST Cyber Security Incident Response…