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Burness Paull Recruits Additional Planning Partner

By updatesPosted on 22nd May 202422nd May 2024Posted in Member News

Burness Paull has strengthened its planning and environment team with the appointment of a new partner as the firm experiences growing demand for specialist planning advice, particularly from the renewable energy and real estate sectors. Emma Paton brings considerable experience of contentious and

Heriot-Watt Slashes Carbon Capture and Storage Design Time With AI

By updatesPosted on 22nd May 202422nd May 2024Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, Climate Tech

A multi-million-pound project lead by Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University is using AI to slash the carbon capture and storage design time from 1oo days to just 24 hours. Researchers at the university’s global research institute for net zero are developing specialist AI techniques

Tomoro AI to Invest £4 Million in Creating 20 Jobs in Edinburgh

By updatesPosted on 22nd May 202422nd May 2024Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News

AI startup Tomoro has announced a recruitment drive to create 20 AI jobs in its Edinburgh office over the next 12 months. The roles, which the company say will attract a salary of up to £135,000 each, will form part of the company’s strategy

Women Do Cyber: Seeking Industry Mentors

By updatesPosted on 22nd May 202422nd May 2024Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber, Skills, Diversity and Inclusion

Experienced mentors from industry are being sought in order to support Women Do Cyber upskilling participants. Scotland Women in Technology (SWiT), Cisco and Glasgow Caledonian University are looking for experienced mentors (men and women) to support their participants on the

Celerity expands with acquisition of Chilli-IT

By updatesPosted on 21st May 202421st May 2024Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

Specialist IT and business consultancy and ScotlandIS member, Celerity, has announced its acquisition of Chester-based Chilli IT. The deal strengthens the business’ technical expertise and unlocks growth opportunities through complementary services and expansion into new sectors such as logistics and retail.

UK Government Call for Views – Code of Practice for Software Vendors

By updatesPosted on 21st May 202413th June 2024Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

The government is asking for industry views on a draft code of practice for software vendors to improve the resilience and security of software. As part of the £2.6 billion National Cyber Strategy to protect and promote the UK online, the government

UK Government Call for Views – Cyber security of AI

By updatesPosted on 21st May 202421st May 2024Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

The UK government is asking for views on a two-part intervention, including a voluntary Code of Practice on AI cyber security which will form a new global standard. Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming our daily lives. As the technology continues

UK Government Call for Views – CyberFirst programme

By updatesPosted on 21st May 202421st May 2024Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

The government is asking for views on the future of the successful CyberFirst programme, including how the programme can be scaled to inspire future talent. The CyberFirst programme was established in 2015, as part of the National Cyber Security Strategy,

Key Rotation: A New Challenge for Mobile Wallets

By updatesPosted on 21st May 20247th May 2024Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

Check out this blog article from ScotlandIS member, PACE Anti-Piracy, discussing Key Rotation as a new level of cloud security and the challenges it can pose. Encryption has become the most critical technique used in the protection of data and

PlanB Consulting joins Databarracks

By updatesPosted on 16th May 202416th May 2024Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

Databarracks, the technology and business resilience specialist has acquired Glasgow-based ScotlandIS member, PlanB Consulting, to enhance its Operational Resilience and Cyber Continuity consulting practice. Chris Butler, Resilience Director, Databarracks comments: “We are thrilled to have PlanB join us. PlanB has been a powerhouse