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According to some research carried out for CyberNorth by students at Northumbria University, nearly two thirds of businesses recognised that their organisation had been compromised by a cyber security incident in the last year. Only one in five businesses, however, were confident that they had put enough steps in place to at least mitigate the … Continue reading Why you should go to #CyberFest – Protecting my small business in an online world

This year’s Craft Cyber Eyes is taking real shape. This is the third year that we have been running an arts programme in conjunction with Creative Fuse North East, as part of #CyberFest. Once again I am amazed by what the artists are bringing to the challenge.  Last Thursday I was back at the John … Continue reading Different perspectives

Centre for Professional and Executive Development, TUD, Darlington The third event  in this year’s #CyberFest sees us heading to Teesside, at the Centre for Professional and Executive Development (CPED) - Teesside University, Darlington Campus, to be precise. While the whole of the festival is supported by Waterstons, in addition, this event is supported by The … Continue reading Why you should go to #CyberFest – Online fraud is a crime

It was a while ago. It’s now over five years since I left Durham County Council. Looking back I still feel that I (we) achieved a lot. Through the freedom agenda (freedom from location, freedom from hierarchy and freedom from dogma) I changed the way that the department thought about itself, giving individuals much more … Continue reading Something I should have done

If you have never been to Durham University’s brand new Mathematics Sciences and Computer Science Building then here is your opportunity. On 6th September we are holding our flagship #CyberFest event from 10:00 to 15:00. The whole festival is supported by Waterstons and this event is also supported by ISC2.   Why Durham this year? We … Continue reading Why you should go to #CyberFest – Innovation is the best form of defence

Despite us having talked about it for months, day 3 of the Northumbrian Water Group Innovation Festival has been and gone. In the main the weather was good though we did have a short shower that freshened the ground up and relieved some of the pressure. The poffertjes, small pancakes, covered in syrup and whipped … Continue reading Innovation Festival – Day 3

Day 2 of the Northumbrian Water Group Innovation Festival and the weather is still holding. It’s another beautiful sunny day with a light breeze and the free ice cream is certainly helping. There is no such thing as free ice cream however. This day has been all about talent. How do we bring the right … Continue reading Innovation Festival – Day 2

Tomorrow the Northumbrian Water Group Innovation Festival kicks off. A small team has been preparing for it over the last couple of months or so. We all feel that we have done all that we can in preparation and we are looking forward to it finally kicking off. Whatever happens will happen. At the same … Continue reading Too prepared?

We’re back, it’s back. The North East’s biggest cyber security festival is back for its fifth year!  Each year when I sit down to plan for the upcoming festival, I say to myself that we won’t have as many events as the last one and yet each year we seem to have more. This time … Continue reading #CyberFest22