Events

This joint event between Brodies LLP and Par Equity is designed for ambitious business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors, our joint seminar with Par Equity will focus on recent examples of successful businesses which have been built for scale.

To register email seminars@brodies.com

Thinking about changing career? Welcome to CodeClan!

Join the Clan on campus for a drink and find out more about our career changing courses in Data Analysis & Professional Software Development.

Demand for data related jobs is on the rise. Employers are seeking new talent and looking to upskill their current teams to turbo charge their business growth. Whether you work in marketing, product development, operations or customer services, data is inescapable!

With an estimated 12,800 tech opportunities available in Scotland each year* there’s never been a better time to future proof your career by learning to code on our Professional Software Development course.

*Source: Skills Development Scotland.

This open evening will cover:

• The CodeClan story and course curriculum.
• Outcomes of our courses, career support and networking opportunities with the CodeClan’s partners, in the Scottish tech industry.
• Tour of our campus.
• Meet the CodeClan team and Q&A with our instructors.

Overview

After a delightful Christmas break, Space Technology Scotland in partnership with Napier University and its Cyber Academy is delighted to announce Cyber-Space – A space sector and cyber security mash-up event.

This cross-industry event will be a mash-up between the Scottish Space Sector and experts in cyber security. Our aim is to explore the huge potential for collaboration, skills and knowledge exchange, and possible new business opportunities for the start of a new decade.

Napier University work with government agencies, industry and law enforcement (amongst others) on cutting edge cyber-security issues. Their expertise is exemplified with their BEng (Hons) in cybersecurity and forensics becoming the first undergraduate course in the UK to be fully certified by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), whose parent organisation is GCHQ. We could not have a better host for this event.

Why come along?

In 2014 the US weather satellite network suffered an electronic attack, forcing cyber security teams to seal off data vital to disaster planning, aviation, shipping and scores of other crucial uses. The attack resulted in an ‘unscheduled maintenance’ of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s data feed for weather forecasts. Much of the world’s critical national infrastructure is now heavily reliant on space technology, and the upward trend of this dependency will continue. https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/intersection-space-and-cyber-security-growing-concern#

The future of space is increasingly commercial. Scotland is positioned to take advantage of this with its upstream (satellite manufacturing, launch capability, etc) and downstream (data processing, analytics, etc). Whole mission design and delivery could be accomplished here. The above link highlights that ‘each and every stakeholder, from satellite assembly through to data exploitation, via the space-based segment, needs to know his or her respective cyber security responsibilities in delivering assured space-based services’.

Services derived by satellite data will be a chain of systems: e.g. Cube sat components; telemetry, tracking, and control (TT&C) communications links (for the satellites); ground stations; data processing; end user delivery & usage; etc are all susceptible to attack. http://interactive.satellitetoday.com/via/november-2019/the-growing-risk-of-a-major-satellite-cyber-attack/ This gets more interesting with the advent of ground stations as a service become more prevalent.

question: “how would you hack a satellite (satellite based service)”?

A vision of the future for Scotland’s space community – cubesats being built and launched from Scotland to provide data services to downstream companies.

• How do we do that as securely as possible?
• What are we good at now?
• Are we considering cyber security? Could we collaborate across the supply chain?

Host:

Terry McLarney – CEO (Co. – Founder) Envisage Spacre

Vassilis Manoussos – Edinburgh Napier University

Speakers:

Andrew Paliwoda – CEO Responsive Access

Eamonn Keene – Head of Cyber Security and Innovation

Ian Lowe – Head of Consulting – Quorum Cyber

Stevie Revill – CEO Co-Founder of UrbanTide

Guest:

– Napier University Computer Science Department

Cyber Scotland Week brings together the innovation and learning across the cyber resilience landscape in Scotland.

Brought to you by ScotlandIS and the Scottish Government, and in its second year, the week aims to draw together events across Scotland showcasing the innovation taking place across the sector.

If you would like to be part of the week, or would like to find out more about the events taking place during it click on Get Involved below.

If you would like more information please contact Heather Donnelly (heather.donnelly@scotlandis.com) or Ciara Mitchell (ciara.mitchell@scotlandis.com)

FinTech Scotland, ScotlandIS and the Scottish Business Resilience Centre are working together to connect the fintech and cyber communities.

In an ever increasing digital and online world cyber security and operational resilience are increasingly vital and hot topics.

FinTech Scotland, ScotlandIS and the Scottish Business Resilience Centre are working together to connect the growing fintech and cyber communities in Scotland. We will hold a series of introductory and specialist events to share information, build knowledge and understanding and enable businesses to build confidence when it comes to digital, online and business security.

Cyber security is inevitably becoming an increasing priority with a rise in attacks and new threats that expose vulnerabilities when it comes to unauthorised access to businesses and the data they hold. It’s especially a worry for those involved in financial services and managing valuable and sensitive information.

The vulnerabilities come in all shapes and sizes, from infrastructure, systems, knowledge gaps and human error.

The good news is that there is an increasing pool of experts and experience in Scotland to help businesses plan, assess and mitigate these ever changing risks. Scotland’s cyber and business resilience eco-system is already vibrant and growing, and we’re delighted that a number of these experts will join us for an focused event on this topic.

Meet the experts:

Federico Charosky, the MD of Quorum Cyber. Federico is established in the cyber security sector with over 20 years experience specialising in cyber security risk management, strategy creation and deployment, and security operations. He has worked in security across a range of industries including the financial services sector.

Joanna Goddard, the Director of Programme at BRIM (Business Resilience International Management). Joanna works with some of the most trusted security firms in the UK as well as Police UK, Police Scotland and government agencies.

John Hay, Technical Services Consultant at Net Defence. John has over 20 years experience in IT and communications. He regularly runs education information sessions on secure communications, data and people, keeping up to date in an ever evolving world of digital threats.

If you’re a fintech business leader or working in security, operations, risk or compliance this is the right event for you.

If you’re thinking about developing or starting a fintech business this is also the right event for you.

We look forward to seeing you there!!

What would you do if 50,000 users don’t have IT for a week? Join us and hear from the people that were the recipients of an attack. What happened, What did they do during & after, How they recovered, what’s changed and What should you do now.

Two speakers will share their experience of going through the cyber attack, impact and how they ensured the business continuity.

Agenda:

6:00: Registration & Pizza

6:30: Introduction by Jai Aenugu, TechForce

6:35: Talk by Amitabha Sikder, London Stock Exchange Group

6:50: Talk by John Duncan, Total and ex-Maersk

7:10: Talk by Robert Smith, Northlink Ferries

7:20: Q&A

8:00: Closing remarks

8:30: The end

The Scottish Government has recently launched Cyber Scotland Week 2020, with the aim of bringing together influencers, experts and the next generation of talent to raise awareness of excellence in cyber resillience and learn about about the latest innovation and challenges in the ever-changing threat landscape.

As a Key Partner in Cyber Scotland Week, Holyrood Connect are delighted to present our 8th annual Public Sector Cyber Security conference, the premier conference for public sector security and IT professionals.

You’ll have the chance to hear practical examples of best practice delivered from across the United Kingdom and abroad, plus you’ll have the chance to meet and network with colleagues from across the public sector as part of our high-energy interactive sessions.

The conference also provides a forum to hear from innovative technology suppliers who will be on hand to answer your questions and to guide you through a host of products than improve your organisations cyber security and resillience.

Tickets are free for the public sector, but places are limited, so register now to make sure you don’t miss out.

Key issues to be addressed:

• Up-to-date briefing on the latest in cyber-security practice and policy
• Expert analysis of the emerging threat landscape both at home and abroad
• Good practice and innovation in preventing, detecting and responding to cyber attacks
• Developing a whole-organisation approach to cyber hygiene – improving awareness, culture and behaviour
• Horizon scanning: cyber security and emerging technology

Who should attend

The conference is an unmissable forum for senior public sector ICT and security professionals as well as those private sector organisations who supply and partner with the public sector. Delegates at previous conferences have been drawn from central government, local government, police and fire services, health services and further/higher education.

Each previous Cyber Security event has sold out so book early to avoid disappointment.

It’s Monday morning. As you start checking your emails and messages you discover that your organisation has been hit by some form of cyber attack. You don’t know any more information at this stage, but you understand that the situation is serious.

What do you do next?

As part of Cyber Week 2020, we invite you to a breakfast seminar where our panel of experts from industry, insurance and legal will provide practical and useful insight and guidance as to what steps you should take in the event of a cyber­attack or information security breach.

As well as hearing from David Goodbrand, Partner and Head of Privacy at Burness Paull we will be joined by:

Scott McLuskey, Account Director at CCRS Brokers

David McKenzie, Head of Managed Services at Quorum Cyber

Declan Doyle, Senior Ethical Hacker at Scottish Business Resilience Centre

In this workshop you will hear about:

• The latest threats
• What steps you can take to prepare for an attack
• What assistance you may need following an attack
• How to manage and resolve the situation
• Top tips and lessons learned

We do hope you can join us.

Timings:
8.30am – Registration and breakfast
9 – 10.15am – Speakers and questions to the panel
10.30am – Close

The national Scot-Secure Summit is the largest annual Cyber Security event in Scotland: the event brings together senior IT leaders and Information Security personnel, providing a unique forum for knowledge exchange, discussion and high-level networking.

The conference programme is focussed on promoting best-practice cyber security; looking at the current trends, the key threats – and offering practical advice on improving resilience and implementing effective security measures.

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The conference is free* to attend for InfoSec & IT personnel

Cyber Scotland 2020 Aberdeen is a must-attend event for professionals operating within infosec, IoT & OT, cyber & information security, compliance and senior management within all business sectors.

The programme with a difference

We invite all senior private sector cyber security professionals to take part in our latest event and to think critically about what’s next for cyber security nationally and internationally.

From 10am to 3pm, Thursday 20th February 2020, we will examine how Scottish businesses and institutions are ensuring they have the capacity to protect themselves and others against the catastrophic effects of cybercrime. Join experts, peers, and key stakeholders as we delve deeper into Scotland’s cyber resilience community and the future of our defences.

Key issues to be addressed

• Legal Cyber Landscape that is now effecting businesses
• Cyber Defence Capability Technology, developed by the MOD
• Understanding AI Technology
• How Scotland’s public & private sector are driving cyber innovation
• Phishing Mail Nightmare
• The challenge with the Cloud, what are the risks
• Options for Secure Data Business & Compliance
• What is IoT and how does it effect what we do
• Operational Technologies making sense of Cyber in OT environments, ICS & SCADA
• Security beyond technology – building a culture of awareness and secure behaviour in organisations

Since 2011, Digital Health & Care Scotland has been the premier gathering of senior eHealth professionals from across the Scottish health and social care sector. In 2018, its status was cemented with the launch of the first Digital Health & Care Awards in Scotland – so get ready for our biggest conference yet in 2020.

Key Note Speakers & Case Study Presentations

Throughout the course of the two days, delegates will hear a number of interactive presentations that showcase examples of success. The aim of the case-study presentations is to demonstrate what is possible and to identify transferable benefits that can be applied in your organisation. You will also have the opportunity to get the latest insights from high-profile, keynote speakers and engaging panel discussions.

Awareness raising event to support organisational leaders in managing cyber risks

Who is it for: Organisational leaders and those with cyber responsibility at board or senior management level

Objectives:

• Give a clearer understanding of cyber risks and how to embed them into business risks
• Give a better understanding of Cyber Incidents, how to prepare for them and how to respond to them
• Raise awareness and uptake of the free tools available to support organisations to improve your cyber security and resilience

The event will open with a Ministerial Address, and include a talk from a cyber crime expert, a talk from the chair of the National Cyber Resilience Advisory Board and an update from the Cyber Resilience Unit on progress against the Cyber Resilience Strategy.

This joint event between Brodies LLP and Par Equity is designed for ambitious business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors, our joint seminar with Par Equity will focus on recent examples of successful businesses which have been built for scale.

To register email seminars@brodies.com

Workshop 12: The nature and uses of quantitative data

This session will outline the philosophy and uses of quantitative methods, explaining the core ideas and basic principles involved in designing and implementing quantitative research.

Following on from the CodeBase’s win for Ecosystem Champion at the recent Startup Awards in November 2019, ONE CodeBase’s first meetup of 2020 will be on Thursday 27th February on the topic Ecosystems and what makes them successful?

We are delighted to announce that this year we finally see the inclusion of the Aberdeen in the Tech Nation Report and are delighted to be joined by Hazel Jane the Scotland Regional Entrepreneur Engagement Manager for Tech Nation.

Hazel’s role is to plug Scotland into Tech Nation’s national and international network of growing digital tech companies, support local founders on the ground. Hazel will give us an early viewing of the content of the report and share up-to-date insights about Aberdeen’s place in the growth of digital tech in Scotland.

Joining Hazel is Prof. Gordon McConnell, the Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Professor of Practice at Robert Gordon University.

Gordon has significant global experience in developing innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems. He has a diverse background in entrepreneurship and the development of startups, innovation teaching strategies, student innovation challenges, corporate innovation programmes as well as startup accelerator programmes.

Prior to joining RGU he held the title of Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) from 2016 and was the Head of the KAUST Entrepreneurship Centre from 2014 until December 2017. Gordon was also awarded the title ‘Tech Titan’ for his contributions in Arizona during his Associate Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship role at the Arizona State University.

He has also been a co-founder of two funded start-ups and continues to mentor, support and develop entrepreneurial teams from around the world.

Our third and final speaker is Hassan Hosseini; Hassan and his co-founders (Ali and Alistair) have had two successful startup exists focused on the cloud computing space across Scotland, California and emerging markets. Their first startup helped fortune 500 companies estimate the cost of running application on public clouds such as AWS, Google Compute Engine and others. After getting through to the interview stage of YCombinator, their startup was acquired by California based RightScale – a cloud management platform. For their second startup, they went down the stack and started a public cloud provider. This was acquired in August 2018. The three are back together for a 3rd startup, based out of CodeBase Edinburgh!

Having experience across multiple eco-systems as a founder, Hassan would like to share his thoughts on what makes an eco-system successful.

Come join us for some great chat, awesome food and our usual free beverages!