CyberNorth Blog

When Phil asked if I’d write a blog about my experience at the recent CyberNorth coffee, cake andcollaboration event, of course I was tempted to use ChatGPT to produce it! It is incredible that Ican input request and be presented with a relevant written document,...

I’ve been to VentureFest a few times when it was at Newcastle United’s ground though this is the first time that I have ever presented. It was also the first time that I had been to the Common Room, right next door to the Lit and Phil, which I go to regularly. I have...

This week we recorded our eleventh episode of ‘It’s Cyber Up North’. The title says it all as this is a podcast about cyber security right here in the region and beyond. It comes in two flavours, one which covers live issues in the rapidly changing cyber security...

In early May, the NCSC is due to launch CyberFlix - a new product to support secondary schools, clubs and youth groups to teach young teenagers about cyber security. CyberFlix will be a free-to-access, interactive video learning resource, aimed at 11-14 year...

Wednesday 26 April saw CyberNorth’s second coffee, cake and collaboration event with Newcastle University’s Cyber Security and Resilience and Security and Resilient Systems Group. The idea behind these events is to encourage all parts of the cyber security sector to...

I always thought of myself as quite cyber savvy (not tech savvy that’s different!). I knew not to writemy passwords down, give out personal information or even duplicate a password for differentwebsites. However, I have realised how easy it is to slip into a level of...

In my CyberNorth role within the Northeast CyberFirst programme for schools, I attended theNational Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) two-day conference in Leeds, alongside Janine Marshalfrom RTC North (coordinating the admin of regional STEM ambassadors) and Nik Kelsey...

If you follow the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, a part of GCHQ) on social media ( https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-cyber-security-centre ), you may already be aware of their national CyberFirst programme for schools and colleges.  The aim is to...

Thanks go to Virgin Money (Gosforth) for hosting our latest event on 6 March. RTC North, working with CyberNorth invited along North East regional companies who were either running existing corporate STEM Ambassador (science, technology, engineering, and maths)...

I’m proud to say that I have been involved with the UK CYber Cluster Collaboration (UKC3) ever since its inception. Getting the company off the ground was great fun and, whilst enjoyable, it has been hard work ever since. The idea behind UKC3 came from a collaboration...