Background and Context Awais Rashid – Professor of Cyber Security, University of Bristol National Cyber Security programme funds the CyBOK and Awais is an editor of the book CyBOK: Steering Committee, Executive Board, Representatives Not meant to be an encyclopaedia, its about knowledge not skills: Codify foundational and generally recognised knowledge in cyber security following…
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Ipsos MORI Cyber Skills 2022 DCMS and Ipsos MORI’s cyber skills survey: an overview Ipsos MORI carries out an annual survey on skills and recruitment needs among UK cyber sector businesses for DCMS They survey informs DCMS’s policies around cyber skills development and also feed into the actions of the UK Cyber Security Council Your…
Each month we will be directing you to the individual Speaker Videos from SSW14 event, so do not fret if you missed this year’s event! SSW14 – Video Release Part 7 We have released the part 7 video of the SSW14 event. Nigel Jones, Director at Templar Executives, discussed Cyber Security Through Innovation. During this…
During this month’s SWCSC Networking Meeting, Mark Moore has an update progress at the SW Cyber Resilience Centre. South West Cyber Resilience Centre: Police-led organisation, part of a national network, with the purpose to look after SMEs in the third sector in the South West making them more resilient. Supported by Home Office and not…
During the SWCSC Networking Meeting that was conducted this October, Martin Smith introduced us to the Security Awareness SIG and the Cybersecurity Skills Festival. Martin’s background: Ex-Royal Airforce Started as a Behavioural Psychologist at University Started Computer Security in 1981, developed first tri-service training, wrote a book in 1986 called Common Sense Computer Security 1997…
CyberFirst Girls Competition 2022 We’d love your help to spread the word amongst your colleagues, local schools, and friends and family. We’ll soon have a short animation that will be shared on our NCSC Social Media channels #CyberFirst, so please feel free to share or retweet this also. We thank you in advance for your…
During the SWCSC Networking Meeting that was delivered on Friday, Mike Halliday discussed SW success with the SWCSC-sponsored Cyber Futures project at South Devon College. South West Cyber Futures Programme: Funded by DSCMS via UKC3 Coordinated by SWCSC / TechEd programmes It is a pilot programme, for one single year to support a single year…
CyberFirst Vision: By 2025 CyberFirst will be the UK’s Government recognised brand for Cyber Security education, training and development. Working in partnership with Government, Academia and wide sectors of Industry, CyberFirst will have created a cyber ecosystem that nurtures and develops talented individuals as well as providing pathways into cyber security careers. Through the provision of the necessary skills, knowledge and opportunities, CyberFirst will inspire a future generation of cyber security professionals to keep the UK the safest place to live and…
DCSM have some quick updates that they would like to share: 1. Cyber Security Sector Newsletter: In October we are relaunching the Cyber Security Sector Newsletter on a dedicated newsletter platform and increasing its frequency to monthly. This will enable us to keep the cyber sector more regularly updated on our work, announcements, workshops,…
Each month we will be directing you to the individual Speaker Videos from SSW14 event, so do not fret if you missed this year’s event! SSW14 – Video Release Part 6 We have released the part 6 video of the SSW14 event. During this session, two of the speakers from Part 4 and Part 5…