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…
Cyber agency working to support Scotland’s new social security agency
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) advising on new body’s cloud platform Cyber specialists from the GCHQ-affiliated National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have been working with the new Social Security Scotland…
Russia’s military intelligence service carried out ‘large-scale, disruptive cyber attacks’ against Georgia
Russia’s secret military intelligence unit the GRU has been exposed as the perpetrator of ‘hostile’ and ‘destabilising’ cyber attacks against Georgia. The Black Sea nation, a former Soviet state, was…
More than 700 pupils given lesson in cyber security
More than 700 pupils across 20 schools are being given a lesson in cyber security by staff from PwC Scotland as part of Cyber Scotland Week 2020. Staff from the…
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