ScotlandIS Cyber

Our online office will be open for an hour every Wednesday between 1.30 – 2.30, with a different member of the ScotlandIS team for you to catch up with if you’re bored, would like a check in or just some human contact. We might be drinking tea, but we’d love to see you – it’s an open invitation, drop by whenever the door will be open.

The Scotland 5G Centre (S5GC) is established to work with a broad set of economic and social partners to explore, develop and deploy the communications solutions required for the complex environment we find ourselves in. At the core of this is the requirement for safe, resilient and secure connectivity across the 5G networks driving this change.

S5GC will help create the dialogue which brings experts together,  identifies key issues and discusses solutions at a national and global level. Central to this will be a special interest group in 5G Security which will collaborate around a number of webinar events over the coming year.

The first of these will be an introductory event planned for 9:30am on Thursday 28th May hosted by ScotlandIS in partnership with S5GC and the Scottish Government’s Cyber Security team. This session will be based around a series of four short presentations of the key issues identified,  followed by a facilitated Q&A panel session involving

• Paul Coffey, CEO, Scotland 5G Centre

• Greig Paul, Mobile Networks and Security, EEE, S5GC and Strathclyde University

• Ciara Mitchell, Head of Cyber, ScotlandIS

• Keith McDevitt, Cyber Security Integrator, Scottish Government

Further webinars on a 5G security theme are planned across the rest of the year with focus and format determined by the conversations stimulated and the new partners introduced.

How can we establish and implement our new cyber security processes in the current situation, and ensure future resilience?

Cyber security should remain at the forefront, at a time when staff locations, security setups and processes have changed. Measures must be put in place to manage and maintain long-term security of this setup.  Strategies must be created to plan for any incidents and to structure cyber budgets, while economies are being made elsewhere for business continuity. As we ease into the routine of remote working, which looks like it will occupy our foreseeable future, we cannot become complacent.

Come along to our webinar on Wednesday 3rd June where we explore these topics and more, with a panel made up of leading experts in the cyber security community.

We’ll be joined by Brian Boyd of I-confidential, who will cover the matter of optimising cyber budgets during the current climate and how to make the case for retaining these.

OSP Cyber Academy’s Irene Coyle will delve into the idea of maintaining a security culture in the workplace, whilst no-one is in the workplace.

And finally, Sandy Forrest and Gareth Lawrence of Atos will discuss future resilience and how we can learn from the present situation, as well as the importance of major incident planning.

To book your place, follow the Learn More link below

Our online office will be open for an hour every Wednesday between 1.30 – 2.30, with a different member of the ScotlandIS team for you to catch up with if you’re bored, would like a check in or just some human contact. We might be drinking tea, but we’d love to see you – it’s an open invitation, drop by whenever the door will be open.

The quarterly S.E.L.F grouping provides a forum for software engineering leaders, CIO’s and CTO’s across the Scottish tech sector to share ideas and explore common challenges. The meetups also provide opportunities for informal mentoring and potential opportunities for joint working.

The topic for this meetup is serverless event-based architecture

You can enter the Awards here or book your table below.

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Taking place on the 1st October 2020 in Edinburgh, ScotSoft is the leading tech conference in Scotland. It’s an annual festival of ideas and innovation that showcases the best of the Scottish technology sector and brings you sought after speakers from far flung locations.

Running for more than 20 years the event includes a full day Developer Conference, a half day Forum and a chance to meet the next generation of talent at the Young Software Engineer of the Year Awards Dinner in the evening.

Over 1400 delegates enjoy a packed day with speakers drawn from all corners of the world. So why not join your peers across the community to explore, share and be inspired by great speakers and contributors?