Image thanks to Disruptor League There is something for everyone at #CyberFest this year. We always try to aim for a varied programme that shows the wide ranging and exciting aspects of the region’s cyber security sector. This year is no different. Cyber security continues to be a real issue, with many high profile cyber … Continue reading #CyberFest 21 – Strategy and Innovation
A frosty reception
Image thanks to Irish Times Five years on and the Brexit bandwagon still rumbles on. Despite the Prime MInister's protestations that the B word should not be used it is still on the lips of many of us. Indeed a poll out this week puts the country as divided as ever over the issue with … Continue reading A frosty reception
Sweat your assets
Image form Airplane How have you been coping with this hot weather? The saying goes that horses sweat, men perspire and ladies merely glow but I’ve been sweating throughout (as have most of the ladies that I know!). Don’t knock it though as the ability to sweat has been a significant evolutionary advantage for our … Continue reading Sweat your assets
Why you should go to Cyber Security in a Rapidly Changing World
This is the opening event of #CyberFest 21, the North East’s biggest cyber security festival, back for its fourth year. What a year this has been with many high profile cyber attacks and even more low profile ones as well. It appears that governments are getting to grips with the issue and making significant efforts … Continue reading Why you should go to Cyber Security in a Rapidly Changing World
Singlespeak
Image thanks to Blasting News How Orwellian has this government become? The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has written to publicly funded museums to make it clear that he expected their ‘approach to issues of contested heritage to be consistent with the government’s position.’ A threat of the unveiled kind. It … Continue reading Singlespeak
Digital currencies pose threat
Image thanks to The Guardian ‘Digital currencies pose threat to economy, warns Bank of England’. So said the Guardian. Every day there is some story in the press about cryptocurrencies. Reports of their demise is somewhat premature yet there is always opinion to be had that they will imminently go bust, soar in value, undermine … Continue reading Digital currencies pose threat
Cyber Eyes Wide Open – Part of #CyberFest 21
Every year at #CyberFest we try to do something a little different. I have always been fascinated by the possibility of using cyber security as a creative force and so last year we worked with Creative Fuse North East, CoLab Sunderland and Breeze Creatives to support a creative collaboration between the Faculty of Arts and … Continue reading Cyber Eyes Wide Open – Part of #CyberFest 21
Nothing to see here
Image thanks to Evening Standard The latest fad for taking photographs with ministers at suspected crime scenes is cringeworthingly wrong. The Home Secretary has been at the vanguard but there are others. I understand what they are trying to do. The images flashed across the media imply (ironically) that the Conservatives are the party of … Continue reading Nothing to see here
My second jab
Image thanks to Sunderland CCG I’ve now had my second COVID vaccination, just over nine weeks after my first. Much younger people had been asking when I was going to have it as it seemed that everyone was now getting their second dose. I remained calm as my local surgery was dealing with it and … Continue reading My second jab
#CyberFest is back for 21
#CyberFest is back, not that it ever went away. The North East’s biggest cyber security festival is shaping up nicely for another fantastic demonstration of the region’s dynamic and exciting cyber security sector. So far we have ten events lined up with another three in the early planning stage. Last year's programme was heavily affected … Continue reading #CyberFest is back for 21
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 