18/01/2017 – YCSC Meeting Overview Thank you to Sheffield Hallam University for hosting our last meeting, very kindly organised by one of the guest speakers Shahrzad Zargari. Bob Drake opened the presentations with an insight into the ever evolving apprenticeship schemes available via Sheffield Hallam University. Opportunities for our next generation of cyber experts to work and gain valuable… Read more →
Over 100 Billion SMS messages are sent per year in the U.K., whilst this figure continues to fall due to mobile device users opting to use alternative communication mediums such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Signal – we are still a nation dependant on this older form of messaging. If you think it’s going to disappear anytime soon you should… Read more →
C/O Melanie Oldham – Bob’s business and Philip Heald Department for International Trade: The latest opportunities round up can be found here on the Cyber Exchange. Don’t forget to regularly check the Cyber Exchange for the latest news, events etc. The next edition of the International Cyber Security Forum takes place in Lille on 24 & 25 January… Read more →
A great big thankyou to Exa Networks for hosting today’s YCSC meeting offering exceptional, spacious facilities. A special thank you to Mark Dearlove – Security and Compliance Officer at Exa Networks for presenting his experience of implementing ISO27001:2013 (Information Security Management System). Mark offered insight into the certification process and the most challenging element of implementation – engaging employees. Mark… Read more →
So you may not of heard but the Global Cyber Alliance are a non profit designed to raise awareness of some of the biggest cyber crime issues effecting business. They were founded with money from like minded investors (taken from criminal asset forfeiture no less) and kept their goals simple – with the intention of doing what they do well!… Read more →
Cyber Security: Addressing the threats for your business Wednesday 30th November 2016 University of Huddersfield, 3M Buckley Innovation Centre, 2/29, 16:00 to 19:00 Information: The University of Huddersfield and Digital Catapult Centre Yorkshire are pleased to organise this free-to- attend Cyber Security workshop at the 3M Buckley Innovation Centre on Wednesday 30th November 2016 between 16:00 to 19:00. … Read more →
We have received updates from DC Christopher Young at the organised crime division of the Met Police. We thought the following might be useful to members of the YCSC: Europol are currently trying to raise awareness of the dangers of mobile malware with their Stop, Think, Connect campaign. For more information visit the Europol website. In the run… Read more →
As an English speaker I mainly stick to Latin characters and some symbols that cover my day to day needs. I demand payment in £, I add a few &@! to my passwords and I am known to include the odd mathematical UTF-8 character when expressing my <3 of something. But the latin language has many more variants, IDN character… Read more →
The cluster were lucky enough to attend the Cyber Security Europe Event hosted by ‘Agenci’, our 4.30 meeting would tag on to the tail end of the event. For a full line up of the speakers please click here. The event opened with an anonymous style video message, a little out there – but intended to welcome the guests… Read more →
The Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster presents the 11th YCSC meeting at the Apsire in Leeds City Centre on 18th October. The eleventh Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster meeting will be held at Aspire in Leeds City Centre on Oct 18th. The meeting will run from 4:30pm – 6pm in the Banker’s Draft Boardroom. Please be aware that there are a limited number… Read more →
Chaired by Daniel Prince – Lancaster University On the 5th of October the YCSC had a place at the Brexit Workshop in Manchester, this round table event looked for insight into how ‘Brexit’ will change the world of cyber and focussed on the GDPR regulations. Some great points were raised from all walks of industry and it was brilliant… Read more →
So earlier this year many UK cyber security businesses signed up for the Cyber Exchange. After attending a meeting advising us of the changes of this growing platform it looks to be moving in the right direction. We received notification that it has an updated platform, it now includes prospects. The way companies are categorised and index has also changed… Read more →
