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Global Meets Local: Discovering the South West Cyber Security Cluster

We are delighted to announce the formal launch of our partnership with the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) which bridges the gap between the global response to cyber security with the regional perspectives and needs for us in South West. This unique and exciting partnership makes available to our region the free resources offered by the…

Cyber Well Project

 LiMETOOLS Introduction LiMETOOLS is a behavioural change company and specialise in 2 main areas of high corporate risk: Environmental Sustainability and Cyber Security & Human Factors. LiMETOOLS work as a consultancy to companies as well as make their own tools (some are accredited by GCHQ). John Dale is the co-founder of LiMETOOLS and Executive Director…

Record year for UK’s £8.9bn cyber security sector

On 18 February the government published new figures showing the UK’s growing cyber industry attracted record investment last year, despite the global pandemic. The report shows that almost 50,000 people are now employed in UK cyber security, with the number of active cyber security firms up by 21%. The sector is now worth an estimated…

Cyber security skills workshops – your chance to be involved – 24/02/2021

DCMS is running workshops over the next three weeks for industry, suppliers, educators and cyber professionals to participate in discussions on the government’s cyber security skills policy and programme direction. These discussions will support the government’s aim to ensure we have the cyber security skills needed to continually enhance the UK’s resilience against growing cyber…

SolarWinds Supply Chain Attack

SolarWinds Inc. is an American company that develops software for businesses to help manage their networks, systems, and information technology infrastructure. Peter Jones, The Cyber Badger, explains about the SolarWinds attack: In December 2020, FireEye, a cyber security company, said they were breached. With 18,000 companies affected, FireEye did the industry a favor by detecting…