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Cyber Runway Scotland Recap

By updatesPosted on 11th February 202214th February 2022Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

Read this recap of our Cyber Runway Scotland event from Head of ScotlandIS Cyber, Ciara Mitchell. Cyber Runway Scotland, held on February 8th and 9th, was our first in-person, cyber cluster event in over two years and it was great

Quorum Cyber Joins Gender Diversity in Cyber Security Initiative as Application Deadline Approaches

By updatesPosted on 10th February 202210th February 2022Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber, Skills, Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News

Quorum Cyber, the Edinburgh HQ’d, award-winning cyber security services provider, is the latest in a number of sector leaders to join the “Empowering Women to Lead Cyber Security” initiative as an industry partner. The initiative, supported by ScotlandIS, The Scottish Government’s Digital

Cyber Essentials accreditation for IT Managed Service Providers

By updatesPosted on 7th February 202215th July 2022Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News, ScotlandIS News, Opportunity

ScotlandIS are pleased to announce that we have secured funding through the Scottish Government to be able to allow your organisation to achieve Cyber Essentials (CE) or Cyber Essentials Plus (CE+) accreditation. This fund will be distributed to IT Managed

Help us, help them – Critical Friends Programme

By updatesPosted on 4th February 20224th February 2022Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

We’re working with DYW Glasgow and Skills Development Scotland to help computing science teachers across Scotland connect with industry and encourage more young people to take Computer Science as a subject. We know that a large part of the reason

Sopra Steria Strengthens Commitment to Gender Diversity in Digital Leadership Initiative

By updatesPosted on 3rd February 20223rd February 2022Posted in Member News, Skills, Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News, Opportunity

Sopra Steria, a European leader in consulting, digital services and software development, have reinforced their long-standing commitment to promoting gender diversity in digital leadership by pledging their support to both the Spring and Autumn cohorts of the ’Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation’ programme

South of Scotland pupils to benefit from new digital mentors

By updatesPosted on 28th January 202228th January 2022Posted in Member News, Skills, Industry News, ScotlandIS News

Secondary schools in the South of Scotland are partnering with digital technology experts to addressthe current industry skills gap. As part of the new initiative to meet the rapidly growing and changing skills requirements of the digitalsector, secondary schools across

ScotlandIS response to the Government Cyber Security Strategy

By updatesPosted on 27th January 202227th January 2022Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Policy, Industry News, ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS Cyber is delighted to see the UK government’s strong focus on cyber resilience with the launch of the Government Cyber Security Strategy. Following the National Cyber Strategy (launched in December 2021) which seeks to firmly establish the UK as

Accelerated Data Capture creating Demand

By updatesPosted on 21st January 202221st January 2022Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandIS News

In his first blog of the new year, Head of Data David reflects on the changes the past 20 months has brought to our sector and the significance of increased data capture that we are now witnessing. As we start

Search for Scotland’s very best digital technology innovation and talent is underway

By updatesPosted on 13th January 202213th January 2022Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandISCyber, Industry News, ScotlandIS News, Opportunity

Nominations now open for the twelfth annual ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards in Glasgow New categories announced including Climate Champion, Open-Source Contribution and Best Workplace Nominations are now being accepted for the 2022 Digital Technology Awards, led once again by ScotlandIS

Herald Climate Conversations Podcast: Mike Robinson

By updatesPosted on 10th January 202210th January 2022Posted in Industry News, ScotlandIS News, Climate Tech

This week The Herald’s Climate Conversations podcast, in association with Epson, welcomes Mike Robinson, chief executive of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. A wide-ranging discussion with host Marc Strathie, Head of Research and Policy for ScotlandIS, covers everything from Scotland’s position