I’m back thinking about clusters again, especially as last week saw us kick off a project to look at how the three Northern cyber security clusters can work more closely together. We have started off by commissioning some work to see what relevant ‘assets’ the region has. There are things that are strongly or more … Continue reading Northern Cluster Collaboration
Where are you from?
Image thanks to Evening Standard This is a question that I have asked many times, indeed I have been asked it many times as well. I am from North Shields as it happens. It is often a good way of opening a conversation and I usually use the word hail rather than come. It sounds … Continue reading Where are you from?
Less than half
According to the information gathered during the 2021 census, less than half the population of England and Wales describe themselves as Christian. At 46.2%, this was a dramatic fall from 59.3% seen in the last census carried out in 2011. This is interesting as the number does not necessarily reflect the number of people going … Continue reading Less than half
Podcast
Image thanks to Custom Apparel Podcasts seem to be all the rage and so why not get on board. I was going to say that there was no bandwagon that CyberNorth wouldn’t jump on yet I have managed to avoid Facebook and Tik Tok, at least for now. My favourite podcast at the moment is … Continue reading Podcast
Empower
What an amazing event! Last week saw us back at Newcastle United for an introduction to cyber security for 300 year 8 girls from ten schools across the region. This was part of Empower week, developed by the Sage Foundation and CyNam, the cyber security cluster around Cheltenham. CyberNorth was asked to get involved with … Continue reading Empower
The right to determination
Image thanks to NewsMD Following yesterday’s UK Supreme Court ruling that the draft Scottish Independence Referendum Bill is outside the powers of the Scottish Parliament the media has got the wrong end of the stick. It has followed the angle of what this means for independence and how it affects those in favour and those … Continue reading The right to determination
A rainy evening in Sunderland
Image thanks to Sunderland Echo We’re trying hard to get people back to in-person events but understand that being online has to be part of the mix. That’s why we are working hard to provide some form of low cost hybrid option for CyberNorth’s events. With Andi’s help (from OWASP) we thought we had cracked … Continue reading A rainy evening in Sunderland
I won’t be watching the World Cup
I know there are many world cups, indeed as I am writing this I am waiting for the Rugby League World Cup finals to come on the television. The women’s is first followed by the men’s and I will be more than happy to watch them. Although I prefer union to league, the men’s semi-final … Continue reading I won’t be watching the World Cup
Truth commission
We need a Brexit truth commission. There were so many lies told during the referendum campaign, on both sides of the argument, that something needs to happen to heal our divided nation. We can’t brush it under the carpet and hope it will go away. Neither can we continue in the belief that somehow we … Continue reading Truth commission
The book chooses the reader
Image thanks to Kuow.org I’ve recently read two books in which the line between the reader, the author and the book have been blurred. The first was ‘Riccardino’ the final book in the Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri, where the intertwining of writer and protagonist was a device to allow the author to finally kill … Continue reading The book chooses the reader
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 