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“Empowering…” Initiative Receives Backing for Autumn Cohort and Launches new Programme for Women in Cyber Security

By updatesPosted on 2nd June 20212nd June 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News

Following on from the success of the inaugural “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” Programme, a second cohort has now been confirmed to run in the Autumn and the call for applications from women who aspire to be the next

Informed Solutions completes challenge to support mental health charity

By updatesPosted on 2nd June 20212nd June 2021Posted in Member News

In May of this year, the Informed Solutions UK team successfully travelled the 10,562 miles between their Altrincham and Sydney offices by sustainable means. The month-long effort was established in support of mental health charity, Manchester Mind, and coincided with

UK’s Most Innovative Cyber Security SMEs revealed

By updatesPosted on 2nd June 20212nd June 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

Earlier this year, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), in collaboration with Infosecurity Europe, ran its sixth competition to find the most creative and original cyber security companies in the country, the winner being crowned The UK’s

ScotlandIS members shortlisted for Made In Scotland Awards 2021

By updatesPosted on 27th May 202127th May 2021Posted in Member News

Inspiring businesses that manufacture, invent and design products in Scotland were unveiled earlier this week in this year’s Insider Made in Scotland Awards. In its fifth year – having missed an event last year because of the pandemic – Scottish Business

Participate in New Cybersecurity Product Development

By updatesPosted on 27th May 202127th May 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber, Opportunity

Crossword Cybersecurity and the University of Glasgow are inviting businesses to participate in the development of an innovative product in the privacy governance space. The aim is to give businesses the opportunity to shape a new product that would address

Scotland’s Cyber Cluster joins Global EPIC

By updatesPosted on 26th May 20211st June 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber

ScotlandIS Cyber has become part of cyber cluster platform, Global EPIC. Global Ecosystems Partnership in Innovation and Cybersecurity (Global EPIC) is an ecosystem of cyber clusters and innovation partners. It has an aim of facilitating global collaboration among cybersecurity ecosystems

CyberScotland Chair to Lead the Battle Against Cyber Crime

By updatesPosted on 26th May 202127th May 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

Jude McCorry has been selected as the first chair of the CyberScotland Partnership, formed earlier this year to build cyber resilience. ScotlandIS is one of 10 organisations that form the CyberScotland Partnership, which has appointed Jude McCorry to chair the

Computer Misuse Act 1990: call for information

By updatesPosted on 26th May 202126th May 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

The scope of this call is the Computer Misuse Act 1990, including offences and the powers available to law enforcement agencies to investigate those offences. The consultation is aimed at UK organisations including: academia business law enforcement agencies the cybersecurity

Scotland plays a key role in new body to represent UK Cyber interests

By updatesPosted on 26th May 202126th May 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

A new organisation called UK Cyber Cluster Collaboration (UKC3) has been launched to support economic growth in the cyber security industry with strong representation from Gloucestershire. UKC3 will deliver initiatives designed to stimulate innovation and support the development of cyber

Edinburgh Napier spin-out appoints Pete Jaco as CEO to tackle growing ransomware threat

By updatesPosted on 26th May 202126th May 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber

Tech entrepreneur Pete Jaco has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of a University spin-out geared to tackling the multi-billion pound ransomware market. MemCrypt was spun out of research at Edinburgh Napier’s School of Computing with substantial backing from Scottish Enterprise,