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Sustainability, Front and Centre

By updatesPosted on 15th February 202415th February 2024Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandIS News

This month’s blog from Head of Data, David, looks at the value of building sustainability in tech – environmentally, commercially, and reputationally. Our Cluster Conference is back again for 2024, in partnership with SCEA (Scottish Cluster Ecosystem Alliance), with a

DataVita bolsters Scottish AI hosting with high-performance tech

By updatesPosted on 14th February 202414th February 2024Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

DataVita, Scotland’s largest data centre provider, has elevated its capabilities to host AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads at their centre in Lanarkshire. This technology is a first of its kind in Scotland, significantly enhancing DataVita’s capacity to accommodate up

PlanB Consulting: A Cyber Incident Case Study

By updatesPosted on 14th February 202414th February 2024Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

This blog from Charlie Maclean-Bristol, Director of PlanB Consulting, looks at a recent cyber incident from Clarion and explains how organisations can recover from a cyber incident. Next week, I am conducting a cyber exercise for a housing association, and

Siker Cyber: OSINT Challenge for Cyber Scotland Week

By updatesPosted on 14th February 202414th February 2024Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber, Opportunity

ScotlandIS are pleased to be supporting Siker Cyber in their Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Challenge as part of Cyber Scotland Week 2024. Siker Cyber have created an OSINT challenge for you to use your intelligence gathering skills to answer some

Digital Xtra: Grant applications open

By updatesPosted on 13th February 202413th February 2024Posted in Member News, Skills, Opportunity

Applications for Digital Xtra‘s ninth round of grant awards are now open. Digital Xtra aims to inspire young people to learn digital technologies skills through high quality, exciting extracurricular activities, thus expanding the talent pipeline. Grants up to £5,000 will be

CyberBridge – accelerating innovation in cyber security

By updatesPosted on 13th February 202413th February 2024Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News, Opportunity

Cyber Bridge, powered by Barclays Eagle Labs and funded by UK Government, is a programme developed with CodeBase, to help address the rise of ransomware attacks. It’s designed to help startups and established businesses to understand the different approaches to

A focus on skills for Scotland’s expanding geospatial sector

By updatesPosted on 7th February 202413th February 2024Posted in ScotlandISData, Industry News, SCEA

Geospatial or location data is everywhere, used in all aspects of our lives from the Sat Nav in our car, to tracking our pizza delivery driver. The last 3 years has seen the importance of location data as an enabler

Edinburgh University will establish two new AI research hubs funded by UK Government

By updatesPosted on 7th February 20247th February 2024Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData

Edinburgh University will establish two new AI research hubs launched by the UK Government today in an £80 million funding round supporting advanced tech. The university will set up the AI Hub for Productive Research and Innovation in Electronics (APRIL)

Ransomware: Considerations on whether you should pay or not pay a ransom

By updatesPosted on 7th February 20247th February 2024Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

In this blog from Charlie Maclean-Bristol, Director of PlanB Consulting, he discusses the pros and cons of paying a ransom and provides us with some advice about how we can be more resilient when faced with a ransomware threat. This

Speaking Opportunity at Cyber in Telecoms Conference, Cyprus

By updatesPosted on 7th February 20247th February 2024Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News, Opportunity

The British High Commission in Nicosia, with the support of Defence and Security Exports (DSE), invites you to express interest to attend a Conference on Cybersecurity in Telecommunications as a participating speaker. Held on the 12th March, the Conference will