Scotland’s MaidSafe opens a development office in Chennai
MaidSafe, the developer of “the world’s first and only autonomous data network”, has announced it has chosen Chennai in India as the location for an office dedicated to the development…
School pupils across the Highlands urged to ‘channel their inner Alan Turing’
School pupils across the Highlands are being given the opportunity to channel their inner Alan Turing as they step into the shoes of a forensic computer analyst to encrypt and decrypt top-secret…
Utilities and health firms could be fined up to £17m for cyber failures, says UK Government
Leaders of Britain’s most critical industries are being warned to boost cyber security or face hefty fines for leaving themselves vulnerable to attack following a UK Government consultation. Energy, transport,…
Guide to Cyber Security, part five: integrity and availability of data
In the previous instalment of the guide, I covered confidentiality of your data – the C in the often referred to CIA (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability) triad of cyber security….
Fewer than half of UK businesses and charities are aware of new data protection laws
Fewer than half of all businesses and charities are aware of new data protection laws four months before they come into force, according to new research released today. Businesses in…
Hackers stole $172bn from people last year; ‘too many people appear to feel invincible’
As many as 978 million people in 20 countries lost money to cybercrime last year, according to a new report by security firm Norton. It says that victims lost an average…
Scottish ethical hacker weighs in on ‘Spectre’ and ‘Meltdown’ chip vulnerabilities
The security flaws dubbed ‘Spectre’ and ‘Meltdown’ could allow hackers to steal data from almost all types of devices through vulnerabilities in Intel, AMD and ARM chips, the central processing…
To catch a criminal, you’ve got to think like a criminal
To celebrate the return of this year’s Christmas Cyber Lectures, ethical hacking student Jack Wilson shares how he became inspired by cyber security, why he thinks like one of the literary world’s most…
Christmas cyber lectures kick off tour of schools across Scotland today
From Stornoway to Edinburgh, Inverness to Glasgow, young people across the country are being inspired to choose a career in cyber security as the annual Christmas Cyber Lectures kick off their…
GDPR enforcement extends beyond the fine – think serious brand damage
You might not think so given the somewhat hysterical, scaremongering tone of much recent media coverage but whilst the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, marks a step change in…
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