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SCOTLANDIS UNVEILS IT MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDERS CLUSTER AND BEST PRACTICE CHARTER TO ELEVATE SCOTLAND’S IT SUPPORT INDUSTRY

By updatesPosted on 28th September 202327th September 2023Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS, the trade body and cluster management organisation for Scotland’s digital sector, has announced the launch of the IT Managed Service Provider (ITMSP) Cluster and Best Practice Charter. These initiatives represent a significant step forward in strengthening Scotland’s ITMSP industry

Scottigh Government Providing Funding for Digital Security Projects

By updatesPosted on 25th September 202325th September 2023Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

Organisations including Scottish Union Learning and Community Enterprise, will use the £500,000 funding to provide workshops aimed at tackling scams and internet safety, deliver training to upskill under-represented groups into careers within cybersecurity and provide digital advice in different languages. The projects will be targeted at

AI Tools Make it Harder to Spot Scams, Advice Direct Scotland Warns

By updatesPosted on 12th September 202312th September 2023Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

Scots have been warned that the rise of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) is making scams harder to spot. Advice Direct Scotland said AI is now playing a “major part” in the ways scammers target people – with schemes becoming

Defence and Security Accelerator: Reducing Cyber Risk Across Defence

By updatesPosted on 6th September 20236th September 2023Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News, Opportunity

DASA has launched a new Themed Competition: Reducing Cyber Risk Across Defence Funding provided by the Cyber Resilience Programme (CRP) in Defence Digital, a part of Strategic Command Up to £880k is available (excluding VAT) This competition is looking to

Half of FinServ Marketers’ CMS’ Breached in Last 3 Years

By updatesPosted on 6th September 20236th September 2023Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

Forrit has released a report for marketers in the financial services industry about their hesitations around content management systems. Half of organisations in the financial services industry have suffered a data breach through their content management system (CMS) in the

Scotland is a potential hub for cybersecurity but investment is vital

By updatesPosted on 4th September 20234th September 2023Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS CEO Karen Meechan recently featured in The Herald’s Special Technology report, discussing how some of the trade body’s initiatives are aimed at encouraging support and investment to Scottish tech and cyber companies – but more needs to be done.

CYBER SECURITY PRODIGY TO KEYNOTE SCOTSOFT 2023

By updatesPosted on 25th August 202325th August 2023Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

David Colombo, age 21, made international headlines last year by remotely hacking into over 25 Tesla automobiles Colombo will deliver a keynote speech at the tech sector’s leading CPD-qualified ScotSoft event and pay a visit to students at Edinburgh Napier

Cybersecurity: A Holistic Approach

By updatesPosted on 23rd August 202323rd August 2023Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

Digital transformation, in many ways, is a wonderful thing. Even more prevalent since the pandemic, we have new and more efficient ways of working, communicating, purchasing, accessing healthcare, banking, and so much more – making an incredible difference in people’s

Could Artificial Intelligence be Key in Transforming Healthcare?

By updatesPosted on 17th August 202317th August 2023Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

One of the key takeaways from our Cluster Conference earlier this year was the abundance of opportunities for tech applications in the medical industry. With the advances in artificial intelligence dominating the headlines for 2023, it’s hardly surprising that various

Computer security experts offer advice to freeze out risk of thermal attacks

By updatesPosted on 15th August 202315th August 2023Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

A team of computer security experts at the University of Glasgow have developed a set of recommendations to help defend against “thermal attacks” which can steal personal information. Thermal attacks use heat-sensitive cameras to read the traces of fingerprints left