building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
The Cybersecurity Industry Call for Innovation (CyberCall) enables companies to innovate on cybersecurity challenges put out by Critical Information Infrastructure and strategic stakeholders in Singapore. To uplift Singapore’s cybersecurity landscape, the CyberCall aims to: Catalyse the development of innovative cybersecurity
An Edinburgh Napier University cyber-project has been backed by new funding to explore ways of combatting phone-based impersonation and imposter scams – which cause substantial financial losses, privacy breaches and distress to people around the world. LastingAsset, which began as
Connectivity, cyber security and IT Service provider IFB, has recently been awarded a 300k contract to deliver and support a full fibre network and high-capacity hardware to nearly 50 key Aberdeen City Council (ACC) education locations. The agreement – in
In this blog from Head of Cyber, Beverly Bowles, she rounds up the couple of days spent at ICE London, at which we supported six innovative Scottish cyber businesses in attending, exhibiting and pitching. At the International Cyber Expo London
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
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
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
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
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
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.
