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Cyber Scotland Week to Showcase Breadth of Scottish Innovation

By updatesPosted on 27th January 202127th January 2021Posted in ScotlandIS News, ScotlandISCyber

Cyber Scotland Week, which will run virtually from 22 to 28 February 2021, is set to bring together experts, influencers and the next generation of talent, to educate, inform and support cyber resilience. Cyber Scotland Week is delivered by partners

Why Companies Adarma, Cisco And Corero Chose Scotland For Cyber Security

By updatesPosted on 19th January 202119th January 2021Posted in Industry News, ScotlandISCyber

Want to find cyber skills and tech talent to grow your business? Discover why multinational companies are choosing Scotland for cyber security. “Scotland’s vibrant tech community is creating the right skills and innovative solutions to protect your data, systems and

Scottish Cyber Cluster Report

By updatesPosted on 13th January 202114th January 2021Posted in ScotlandIS News, ScotlandISCyber

ScotlandIS Cyber have completed a report on the Scottish cyber security cluster, which seeks to offer a ‘snap-shot’ of the cyber security sector in Scotland (captured September 2020), and provides an overview of the make-up and scale of the sector.

IFB Launches Threat Intelligence Service Amid Rising Covid Cyber Threats

By updatesPosted on 18th December 202018th December 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

Threat Intelligence by IFB is designed to help organisations of all sizes to identify vulnerabilities across their digital business estate. A great deal has changed since the start of 2020, but all of it points to an even greater need

Abertay University named UK Centre of Excellence for Cyber Security

By updatesPosted on 16th December 202016th December 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

Dundee is poised to become Scotland’s cyber security capital as two major milestones prepare the city for significant growth in the sector. Abertay University is today (TUES) named among the first eight UK universities to be awarded Academic Centre of

Cyber Cluster: 2020 Wrap-up

By updatesPosted on 8th December 202016th December 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News, ScotlandISCyber

What a year it has been! Can anyone actually remember what our New Year’s resolutions were for 2020 and how quickly they were forgotten as COVID-19 hijacked both our business and personal plans? However, despite what 2020 threw at us

Competition: Telexistence

By updatesPosted on 24th November 202024th November 2020Posted in Industry News, ScotlandISCyber

DASA is looking to demonstrate the components of a telexistence solution to the defence and security community This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition, run on behalf of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), aims to develop and demonstrate

Scottish technology leading fight against child sex abuse

By updatesPosted on 19th November 202024th November 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

Cyan Forensics set up technology to help governments fight child sex abuse and terrorism in 2016. The product is used by the Home Office and police forces across the UK. CEO Ian Stevenson says the products can also be applied

Apply now to the NCSC Cyber Accelerator! 

By updatesPosted on 16th November 202016th November 2020Posted in Industry News, ScotlandISCyber

Developing the UK’s next generation of cyber security solutions. Applications for the next cohort are now open! The NCSC Cyber Accelerator is a collaboration between the UK Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the National Cyber Security

Par Equity sells stake in Symphonic Software for $31 million

By updatesPosted on 12th November 202012th November 2020Posted in Industry News, ScotlandISCyber

Par Equity has sold its stake in Edinburgh-based portfolio company Symphonic Software in an all-cash transaction for a headline price of $31 million US dollars. Par Equity achieved a blended 8.3x return across two rounds of investment for its EIS Fund, over a