building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
Plans to boost legal status of digital identities to make them as widely recognised as driver’s licences and bank statements Easily recognised trustmarks to be issued for digital identity products to build public confidence Plans to create a new system
It’s time for July’s blog from our Head of Cyber, Ciara, where she reflects on the significance of clusters in driving industry growth, and how the ScotlandIS Cyber cluster achieves this. Last February as part of Cyber Scotland Week, we
Cyan, the Edinburgh-based scale-up whose technology helps law enforcement, social media and cloud companies find and block harmful online content from paedophiles and terrorists, has added significant global technology and human capital expertise to its board with the appointment of
Scotland’s cyber security businesses are set to get access to £700,000 in UK-wide funding to help develop skills, collaboration and break down local barriers to growth. The funding – from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – has
Ciara Mitchell, cluster manager for Scotland’s cyber cluster at tech trade body ScotlandIS, has been appointed as a board member and ecosystem development lead in the UK Cyber Cluster Collaboration (UKC3). This comes at a time when Scotland is becoming
The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) is inviting bids for their cyber and technology programme, with a closing date of 26 July 2021. In the recently published Integrated Review, the UK’s vision is to be a leading, responsible cyber power,
With the UK’s cybersecurity hampered by a lack of skills, the Cyber Security Council has made tackling the gap a priority. The UK’s Cyber Security Council has launched its first two initiatives to help develop the country’s cybersecurity industry. Both
PwC, Scottish Tech Army and Stephen Wilson of Edinburgh-based Netli also recognised at tech industry awards. A Glasgow charity has been named Digital Tech (For Good) Champion at this year’s Digital Technology Awards. SmartSTEMs helps young people explore and practice
It’s time for the June blog from our Head of the Cyber Cluster, Ciara Mitchell, in which she talks about the role of the cluster in engaging with different communities. One of the key roles of any cluster is to
A hackathon to explore cyber vulnerabilities in IoT devices has been launched between CENSIS and Abertay University. Part of CENSIS’s year long IoT cyber challenge programme, the event will run throughout the summer with students from Abertay University’s Ethical Hacking group. Working in small
