Chris Lambert, Assistant Head at Cyber Security Exports Team, delivered an informative presentation on Friday 9 April 2021 at the SWCSC Networking Meeting. The Department for International Trade (IT) Actively support UK firms to export and work with International Partners Offices dedicated to tech and cyber IT Advisors experienced in selling overseas can act as…
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David Hazzard, CEO at Zoom Mail, produced a discussion at the SW Cyber Security Cluster network meeting covering Zoom Mail and the email authentication standards, SPF, DKIM & DMARC. David also supports the cluster with his expertise in Zoom Mail. SPF Click on the image to enlarge. DKIM Click on the image to enlarge. DMARC…
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…
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…
Digital identity consultation: the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has set out new plans to help build trust in use of digital identities. This is part of the government’s work to help people prove who they are without the need for physical documents. They are inviting comments on the draft rules around data…
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…
Patrick, CyberFirst: Education lead for NCSC Background = Practitioner, Incident Management, NCSC & GCHQ for the last 7 years focusing on school’s outreach Why do spies care? Our talent pipeline is not diverse or sufficient for us all to have better recruitment choices – lets change that Students often do not know how to prepare…
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…
The next phase of the Cyber Aware campaign will launch this Friday, 26 February. The campaign will target small businesses (sole traders and ‘micro’ firms with fewer than 10 employees) and promote six practical steps to help them stay secure online. The campaign will be supported by advertising on radio and social media, with further…
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…