‘Most active’ ransomware gang taken down by Britain’s National Crime Agency
Britain’s National Crime Agency has seized the online infrastructure of the ‘most active’ global ransomware gang, it was announced today. Specialist NCA cyber law enforcement teams have led an effort…
Threats and Risks to Delivering Digital Healthcare
Across the broad scope of healthcare provision, a common point for discussion is: how do we deliver quality care amidst growing financial constraints, resource limitations, and the expanding demand for…
Avoiding an Udder Disaster
Experts from technology, security and business consultancy Waterstons have revolutionised cyber security training techniques by taking it back to basics – a board game. ‘Udder Disaster’, an award-winning game created…
Scottish local authorities to benefit from £7m shared cybersecurity operations centre
Scottish local authorities are set to benefit from a £7 million cybersecurity operations centre solution – including a detection response service. Procurement body Scotland Excel is seeking a partner ‘who…
How government organisations across the globe use Recorded Future’s intelligence
Cyber defence of 30+ countries trust Recorded Future to tackle the most difficult intelligence, security, and risk challenges. Quick stats Recorded Future’s clients are: Many of the most critical government…
Britain’s security minister backs Scotland’s efforts to combat business cyber fraud
Britain’s security minister has given his backing to Scotland’s efforts to combat business cyber fraud on a visit to Edinburgh. Tom Tugendhat, MP, visited Edinburgh to meet with cyber and…
Managing the Cyber Asset Attack Surface: Closing Blind Spots
When it comes to securing an organisation’s attack surface, visibility is key. For an organisation to protect its network, it needs to know exactly what devices and software it has;…
Team of Edinburgh scientists publish quantum computing ‘breakthrough’ in respected journal
A team of Edinburgh scientists have published a ‘breakthrough’ in quantum computing in the respected academic journal, Nature. The Heriot Watt university researchers have devised a mode of quantum communication…
Your culture could be your cybersecurity knight
In recent years, there has been a surge in cybercriminal activity. Indeed, according to the UK Government’s 2023 Cyber Security Breaches Survey, there were approximately 2.39 million instances of cybercrime…
Scottish Government recruits new ‘head of cyber division’
The Scottish Government has recruited a head of cyber who will take up responsibility for a new division focused on raising national cybersecurity resilience levels. Alan Gray, who was formerly…
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