Having recently attended the Venturefest Scotland 2016 event and attending the Digital session on ‘How to understand future digital trends – cybersecurity’ I was interested to find more out about what was available in Scotland to help in the Cyber area.
Firstly, the Venturefest Network draws local innovation eco-systems together through a number of local events around the country, working closely with Innovate UK (Technology Strategy Board), the Knowledge Transfer Network and other national partners to strengthen connectivity between these innovators, investors and entrepreneurs.
How to understand future digital trends – cybersecurity
This workshop invites delegate to hear about the latest trends in cybersecurity from the Cyber Academy at Edinburgh Napier University and Scottish SME’s who have tapped into the expertise, facilities and resources that Scotland’s world class Higher Education Institutions, to develop innovative digital solutions to improve cybersecurity. Speakers include Prof Bill Buchanan, Edinburgh Napier University; Jamie Graves, Zone Fox and Martin Beaton, Cyber Security Network Integrator for Scotland.
We were very lucky to have Professor Buchanan host the IET Scotland Christmas Lecture in 2015 where he brough the idea of Cyber Security and its impact on IoT to around 1200 school children
Two very interesting areas mentioned were:
Scottish Cyber Award 2016 -
The first Scottish Cyber Awards will be held on Wednesday the 16th of November at The Waldorf Astoria in Edinburgh. The purpose of this awards ceremony is to recognise Scotland's commitment towards cyber security excellence. These awards are being organised by Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Business Resilience Centre
The Scottish Business Reliance Centre Newsletter 2016 Issue 4 is available and makes for good reading.
£1,500 voucher for Scotland-based SMEs to help them achieve Cyber Essentials certification
This Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certifications are issued when companies’ alignment with the UK Cyber Security Strategy vision of “making the UK one of the most secure places in the world to do business online”.