Author Archives: Marketing South West CSC

A Chance to Influence & Shape the Cyber Security Education Ecosystem for the SW – 21/06/2021

The NCSC CyberFirst team invites you to a collaborative workshop on July 1st, 2.30pm-4.30pm, to begin modelling the cyber security education eco-system for the South West. This is an exclusive invite and we are looking for a small number of representatives from across industry, academia, education & government. This event will support the governments’ emerging Cyber…

ISO27001 Latest

Background Darren Grey, Securious Ltd, is a Lead Implementer of ISO 27001 and discussed the standard during June’s SWCSC Networking Meeting. ISO27001  Is a justified risk management framework Establish, implement, maintain and continually improve an ISMS – never ending process, always learning and improving Ensures the organisation’s assess and monitors risk to InfoSec Implement controls…

Heart of the SW LEP on their Digital Skills Partnership

Background Charlotte Collyer from Heart of the South West LEP discussed Digital Skills Partnership during the SWCSC Networking Meeting in May 2021. Digital Skills Partnership is funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and was launched at the end of 2018. It brings together the public, private and third sector to tackle…

South Devon College on Business Connections and their IT Cybersec skills development

Background South Devon College has a brand new, dedicated University Centre and an award winning Hi Tech and Digital Centre. The College is located in Torbay, Devon and delivers outstanding teaching and learning to the semi-rural and coastal community. Delivering education from GCSE to Level 6 Degree level qualifications available for 14 year olds upwards,…

C3IA Solutions on Cyber Security and Working with HMG

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Background C3IA Solutions Ltd is an ICT and Information Security company based in Poole. A large part of their work is into Government and Defence. Most of the cyber team are NCSC certified professionals and working in Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and applying Government and MoD security guidance and policies to projects and programs that…

NCSC-KPMG Diversity and Inclusion Survey

Background The NCSC and KPMG UK are working together to launch the second Diversity and Inclusion Survey for the cyber security industry. The global pandemic has accelerated the use of online services, products and communications, and in turn the demand for skills to protect them, whether that’s to thwart attacks or prevent fraudulent activity. The threats and opportunities in cyber are varied, so we need a diverse sector to address these challenges. There…