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Our regularly updated CyberNorth blog, featuring cyber security sector insights, advice, digital discussion and thought leadership.
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These posts are regularly updated and feature a mixture of posts from team CyberNorth and cluster community members. If you’d like to write a guest blog – get in touch via hello@cybernorth.biz
From the CISO’s desk: A CyberFest recap
In the latest of our popular blogs from CyberNorth's Lead for Cyber and FinTech, Jon Holden, Jon gives his thoughts on CyberFest and the future of cyber security for the region. October is always a busy month in the cyber calendar. Across the UK, Cyber Security...
Ladies Hacking Society mentoring
Join the inaugural Ladies Hacking Society mentoring programme cohort! This fantastic programme, supported by Sage, has been designed specifically for the North East and Scotland, with women in the cyber security industry encouraged to apply for this first cohort. All...
Guest blog: When Cyber Heroes Save the Day
In our latest guest blog, we hear from CyberNorth member, Jenny Wilkinson from Rule 28. When Cyber Heroes Save the Day: Aligning Technical Superpowers with Business Continuity & Resilience In a world where cyber threats lurk behind every digital corner, IT and...
From the CISO’s Desk: It’s Not Always a Cyber Attack
In the latest edition of our blogs from the desk of a CISO, CyberNorth's Lead for Cyber & FinTech, Jon Holden, shares his thoughts on the recent AWS outage. The Cloud is Amazing, But Not Magic: What the AWS Outage Taught Us This week, we saw a rare wobble in the...
Access your free cyber toolkit
Start protecting your business with a free cyber toolkit from the National Cyber Security Centre. The Cyber Action Toolkit gives you clear, bite-sized actions to protect your business's money and reputation from cyber criminals. Created with and for small businesses,...
From the Desk of the CISO: Enough Talk — It’s Time to Act
As the National Cyber Security Centre Annual Review 2025 is released this week, CyberNorth's Lead for Cyber & FinTech, Jon Holden, gives his thoughts on the document and how we should react, moving forward. The NCSC Annual Review 2025 dropped this week,...
The Naughty Kids Have Grown Up – Reflections on BSides Newcastle
…and how it’s sparking a whole month of CyberFest in the North East Saturday morning. The city’s quiet, but restless. On one side of Newcastle, the streets fill with noise and division: fascist and anti-fascist marches squaring off, each chanting into the void. On the...
Infotel UK Consulting Celebrates Cyber Essentials Success
CyberNorth member, Infotel UK Consulting, a leading IT consultancy based in Newcastle, is pleased to announce it has achieved Cyber Essentials certification. This clearly demonstrates their dedication to protecting customer data and upholding top-tier cybersecurity...
AI Images, Replicants, and the Future of Trust
In our latest blog, Head of Cyber & FinTech at CyberNorth, Jon Holden, shares his thoughts on AI. In Blade Runner, the line between human and replicant is deliberately blurred. Replicants looked real, acted real, and even believed they were real. The tension...
PlanBEE apprenticeship
We’re delighted to have teamed up with Gateshead College to launch PlanBEE Cyber, a flexible, rotation-based apprenticeship tackling the UK’s cyber security skills gap. The apprenticeship is a unique shared apprenticeship programme that aims to develop the next...
