building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
Heriot-Watt University has created January start dates across a selection of its Graduate Apprenticeships programmes in a bid to help key sectors boost skills development. As we come out of the pandemic, access to skills and talent will be critical
The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) and the European Investment Advisory Hub, a joint advisory initiative of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group and the European Commission, announced today their participation in a feasibility study on the design and set-up of
Eight digital tech businesses from across the northeast of Scotland have seen growth milestones under Opportunity North East’s Digital Business Growth Programme. These include launching new products, securing international contracts, and accelerating their growth ambitions for the sector. The Digital
Strong investment in traveltech companies and a thriving startup scene reveal traveltech is key to meeting the challenges facing the travel sector, according to a new report. The Traveltech Report 2021, a collaboration between Tech Nation and Traveltech for Scotland, shows
The Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) has announced the finalists for the 2021 Scottish Cyber Awards. Now in its fifth year, the awards recognise and celebrate stand-out individuals and organisations making a positive impact in Scotland’s cybersecurity sector. Individual awards span
Despite uncertainty and investor anxiety in other sectors around Brexit, venture capital funding continues to come to the UK in record amounts. In 2021 alone, tech investors have backed UK startups with £20 billion in funding, meaning investment has almost
The professional body for IT has warned that human review of AI decision making should not go without legal protections. BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT said that, as AI doesn’t always involve personal data to make decisions about us, true
New cybersecurity research has found that 97% of surveyed companies suffered ill-effects due to a breach occurring in their supply chains. In addition, 93% of the companies said that weaknesses in their supply chain had led to a direct cybersecurity
Head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Lindy Cameron, has singled out Russia as the biggest perpetrator of ransomware attacks. Speaking at a Chatham House Cyber conference, Cameron said that ransomware attacks pose a threat to everyone, from schools to large
Ciara Mitchell, Head of the Cyber Cluster, has written her monthly blog around how the cluster helps drive innovation across Scotland. One of the aims of any cluster is to support and drive growth of that sector with a particular
