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Cyber Scotland Week is coming

By HeatherPosted on 12th February 20202nd March 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber

Its been a busy and eventful January with my New Years resolutions long forgotten in this busy period. We had our cluster launch event on the 30th January in Edinburgh so thank you to all those who made it along

Travel support for travel and accomidation of up to £500 available for secure societies information day

By updatesPosted on 11th February 202011th February 2020Posted in Industry News, Opportunity

The SEREN4 is organising a two-day event in Brussels to discuss on the upcoming 2020 Secure Societies calls of Horizon 2020. This brokerage event will provide a unique networking platform to stimulate innovative ideas and facilitate the creation of consortia.

Cyber security academic startup accelerator programme year 4: phase 1

By updatesPosted on 11th February 202011th February 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

Individuals based in a UK academic institution can apply for a share of £800,000 to join the cyber security academic startup accelerator programme (CyberASAP). Competition opens: Monday 10 February 2020 Competition closes: Wednesday 4 March 2020 12:00pm The Department for Digital, Culture,

#ITjobs – Open to all immigrants from 2021?

By updatesPosted on 10th February 202010th February 2020Posted in Member News, Skills

Immigration was a key factor for a lot of people in the Brexit debate. It still is, with, I’m sure, every industry busily making its case to Whitehall. We have also seen Holyrood attempting to create its own visa arrangements

Abertay University asks people to vote for the best agent of change in 130 years of history

By updatesPosted on 10th February 202010th February 2020Posted in Member News

From legendary footballers to the first female maritime engineers in Great Britain, the University of Abertay has been looking for the best factor for change in its 130 years of history. In addition to influential graduates, the Dundee institution highlights

FNZ to mark 15 years in Scotland with new operations centre in Dundee

By updatesPosted on 6th February 20206th February 2020Posted in Industry News

FNZ, the global platform as a service (PaaS) company, is to grow its already significant Scottish presence by establishing a new operations centre in Dundee and adding more than 200 roles across Edinburgh and the City of Discovery. The fast-growing

Digitally- Savvy boards powering growth in Scotland

By updatesPosted on 5th February 20205th February 2020Posted in Member News, Skills

Digital transformation needs to be led from the top, with senior leaders and C-suite professionals proactively developing the skills they need to lead in the digital age. The advice comes from The Open University’s Leading in a Digital Age report,

Ransomware attacks are now targeting industrial control systems

By updatesPosted on 5th February 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News

Ekans ransomware is designed to target industrial systems in what researchers describe as a “deeply concerning evolution” in malware. Cyber criminals are launching ransomware attacks that are specifically targeting industrial control systems (ICS) in what researchers say is the first instance of

Aerospace inspection tech firm Anomalous wins global award in Tokyo

By updatesPosted on 4th February 20204th February 2020Posted in Member News

Edinburgh AI start-up is one of only four UK businesses to pitch at NTT showcase Edinburgh-based tech start-up Anomalous picked up an award as one of 28 businesses worldwide to be chosen to pitch at the prestigious NTT Data Open Innovation Contest

ETAG conference 2020 – Edinburgh the success story

By updatesPosted on 4th February 20204th February 2020Posted in Industry News

There was quite a lot of back slapping and claims about Edinburgh’s success as a tourist city at today’s Edinburgh Tourism Action Group’s conference. You would expect that – these are the people who run tourism related businesses from hotels