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Roundup of Cyber Scotland Week

By updatesPosted on 4th March 20215th March 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

Take a look at the March blog from our Cyber Cluster Manager, Ciara, providing a summary of the highlights of Cyber Scotland Week 2021. CSW2021 is over for another year! It was great to see the wide range of events

Nominations Close for Programme Supporting Gender Diversity in Tech Sector as PDMS Become Latest Supporter

Earlier this week, the Tech Talent Charter (TCC) released its latest annual “Diversity in Tech” report, which showed some progress being made in addressing the long standing issue of gender diversity in the sector but that this still only amounted

Innovation clinic

By updatesPosted on 24th February 202124th February 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

The latest cyber innovation clinic which was part of Cyber Scotland Week saw 3 amazing cyber security companies pitch to our panel of friendly experts. Our experts this time were: Federico Charosky, Managing Director of Quorum Cyber (Host for session)

New CyberScotland Partnership to Support Cyber Resilience in Scotland

By updatesPosted on 23rd February 202123rd February 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS are pleased to announce that we are part of the new CyberScotland Partnership, to address the growing need for clarity on cybersecurity for citizens and businesses. A total of 10 strategic organisations across Scotland, also including the SBRC, Scottish

Applications Open for Digital Xtra Fund’s 2021 Grant Awards

By updatesPosted on 22nd February 202122nd February 2021Posted in Member News, Skills, ScotlandIS News

Schools, clubs and activity providers teaching young people digital skills are all encouraged to apply. Funding applications have opened for this year’s grants programme from Digital Xtra Fund, Scotland’s charity committed to increasing the number and diversity of young people

Digital Skills: Cyber and Data Graduates

By updatesPosted on 18th February 202129th March 2021Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

With 13,000 jobs in Scotland’s tech sector going unfilled each year, there continues to be a prevalent skills shortage in this industry. At ScotlandIS, we continue to strive for new ways to bridge that gap. In addition to our hugely

Scotland: A Flourishing Cyber Sector

By updatesPosted on 17th February 202118th February 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

Read this article below from InTech – the Swiss Tech Scene. Scotland has a thriving and innovative cyber security community which is flourishing year on year. What was once a niche area within the tech industry, is now integral to

New strategic Skills Board created to tackle Scotland’s digital skills gap

By updatesPosted on 17th February 202118th February 2021Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

A unique group of leading figures from Scotland’s digital technology and education sectors have been brought together to form a new Skills Board, with the aim of bridging the country’s digital skills gap and providing strategic advice to the burgeoning

Head Resourcing team up with “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” initiative

By updatesPosted on 12th February 20213rd March 2021Posted in Member News, Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News

Head Resourcing have now joined ScotlandIS, The Scottish Government, Scottish Digital Academy and Sopra Steria in supporting the initiative. Since its launch in January, the new “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” Programme has been quickly gathering momentum and support

Scottish Government unveils plans to invest £100m in digital

By updatesPosted on 8th February 20218th February 2021Posted in Policy, Industry News, ScotlandIS News, COVID19

Connectivity infrastructure in Scotland is to set for a major boost after ministers unveiled plans to invest over £100m in digital as part of a recovery and renewal budget. The Scottish Government will plough £98.2m into high quality broadband and