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The Scottish Business Resilience Centre Cyber Team would like to inform its members and partners of some recent vulnerabilities highlighted as critical by Microsoft, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and security vendors. Patching your systems is advised immediately. Remote
Facebook has patched a flaw in its digital marketplace that could have been abused to identify the location of a seller, and by extension, their goods. Facebook Marketplace, available via both the Facebook app and website, allows users to list items
Businesspeople in Aberdeen are being encouraged to attend an expert seminar aimed at protecting organisations against cyber security threats. IT security specialist, The TechForce, is holding a lunch-and-learn event, ‘Cyber Essentials Demystified’, at the Aberdeenshire Cricket Club, Morningside Road on Tuesday,
ScotlandISCyber represents and supports businesses and organisations creating and delivering cyber driven digital products and services. This underpins a thriving community which brings together the ambition, talent and expertise across our industry to grow and protect the digital economy. ScotlandIS
ScotlandIS, the trade body for the digital technologies industry, is expanding its capability in both cyber security and data through the development of two new clusters with the support of Scottish Enterprise. Clusters are designed to promote economic growth by
The Cyber Christmas Lectures, headed up by Martin Beaton, cyber security cluster coordinator for ScotlandIS, has been named Scotland’s cyber security Champion of Champions at this year’s Scottish Cyber Awards. The ceremony, which was held tonight at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in
Cyber Scotland Week, a joint initiative between ScotlandIS and the Scottish Government, will take place between 22nd April – 28th April 2019. A first of its kind for cyber in Scotland, Cyber Scotland Week draws together events across Scotland to showcase the
The cyber-security skills gap is growing. According to the (ISC)2 Global Information Security Workforce Study, there will be a shortfall of 1.8 million cyber-security workers by 2022. The issue is compounded by the fact that cyber-attacks are becoming more diverse,
From Stornoway to Edinburgh, Inverness to Glasgow, young people across the country are being inspired to choose a career in the dynamic cyber security sector as the annual Christmas Cyber Lectures kick off their tour of schools across Scotland today. Government statistics have revealed
A leading figure in the cyber security sector believes Scotland has the potential to become the world leader in the industry. Martin Beaton, one of the nation’s most influential cyber figures, believes that the country has all the factors required
