#CyberFest is starting off slowly this year, with only one event in the first week. That’s the week where the schools go back and a lot of people have many other things on which to focus their attention. Week two is a different kettle of fish, with six events in total, meaning some days have … Continue reading #CyberFest week 2
Separatism and exam results
It’s not just in the UK where politics happens. I read with interest, in The New European, about the situation in Spain where Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s acting Socialist prime minister and leader of the PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) has recently cemented his party’s position in the Congress of Deputies. He has achieved this, apparently, … Continue reading Separatism and exam results
Innovation and the future
Image thanks to Christian Sandstrom Cyber security is a fast changing industry with new threats and solutions appearing almost daily. Who knows what the future will bring as technology speeds improve and the way people interact with it evolves? In truth nobody can, though we can have some good guesses. Emerging technologies are bound to … Continue reading Innovation and the future
A whole life sentence
The crimes of former neonatal nurse Letby are abhorrent and beyond comprehension. She has been found guilty in a court of law and, quite rightly, is now in jail. Justice has been served yet this case has thrown up a number of concerns, namely the desire that those found guilty of such crimes are to … Continue reading A whole life sentence
We need more new businesses
One of CyberNorth’s objectives, number three if you are keeping count, is to support the growth of new cyber security businesses. This may seem at odds with our second objective, which is to support the growth of existing businesses but this is not the case. One of the ways in which the region can do … Continue reading We need more new businesses
What did the Romans…
Watching Mary Beard on the television last night reminded me of the power and sophistication of Rome and its empire. ‘Meet the Romans’ is a ten year old repeat yet still enjoyable and took me back to my early school days when Romans were very much on the curriculum. To be honest I have always … Continue reading What did the Romans…
Get yourself to #CyberFest 23
It’s that time of year. #CyberFest is back for its sixth year as the North East’s biggest cyber security festival. This time CyberNorth is partnering with local managed IT and cyber security service provider, Aspire Technology Solutions to bring some familiar events and some very different ones. At the time of writing this there are … Continue reading Get yourself to #CyberFest 23
Setting them up for a fall
No government could be this insensitive, nor this stupid. It seems that they are jumping on every passing bandwagon in the hope that they may scrape together enough votes to win the next election, or at least not crash out into political oblivion. Sunak’s five pledges, which when announced looked like open goals are now … Continue reading Setting them up for a fall
As seen on Google Maps
It was an unbelievable set of circumstances that led to some free publicity for the upcoming headline event at this year’s #CyberFest. This time I’ve really made it, making an appearance on Google Maps, in this year’s T-shirt. It all started with Thinking Digital moving from its usual May slot to the 6th of July. … Continue reading As seen on Google Maps
ULEZ
Image thanks to get Surrey I wrote this blog immediately after the by-elections. Things move on. I’m told that the proposed extension to the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone was an issue that resulted in Labour not taking Uxbridge and South Ruislip in the latest by-election. How do they know unless they asked everyone? I keep coming … Continue reading ULEZ
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 