Is twenty plenty? Wales seems to think so as it has introduced a blanket twenty mile per hour speed limit across the country. At least it has if you believe what the right leaning media has to say. Despite voting to support the change, the Welsh Conservatives now see it as the latest wedge issue. … Continue reading Is twenty plenty?
#CyberFest Week 4 – The Big One
We’re going out with a bang in the last week of #CyberFest, with another six events including the Big One, the Colossus, the Behemoth, ‘El Gordo’ even, but before we get to that let’s start on Monday. Those of you who have been involved with CyberNorth’s work over the last year will know that it … Continue reading #CyberFest Week 4 – The Big One
Land of Hope and Glory
Image thanks to The London Economic I never watch the Last Night of the Proms. To be frank, I can’t stand all the hubris, the faux patriotism and the flag waving. It’s not my cup of tea. This year though I have been much amused and even a little bemused by the reaction to the … Continue reading Land of Hope and Glory
#CyberFest week three
Week three of the North East’s biggest cyber security festival is a little quieter than week two with only (?) three events, one online and two in person. It could be the eye of the storm as the last week gets very busy again. The first event, #8 in the schedule is a short online … Continue reading #CyberFest week three
Get back to work!
According to the Daily Mail (don’t judge me as I was sent a link) ‘Civil servants face curb on working from home 'Tuesday to Thursday' as ministers draw up plans to tackle plummeting public sector productivity.’ Really? Reading the article it is peppered with words such as face, poised and pushed meaning clearly that this … Continue reading Get back to work!
#CyberFest week 2
#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
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 