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ANME event – 17 th November 2023

Despite having to navigate some public transport challenges, I was able to attend the secondNortheast regional ANME (Association of Network Managers in Education) meeting in good time,hosted by ITPS at their Headquarters (and Primary Data Centre) near Chester Le...

An evening amongst winners

Phil Jackman getting excited at winning Tech Champion at this year's Dyanmites Awards How many times can I say this has been some year? One more perhaps because this has been some year for CyberNorth. Ever since getting the team together, we’re up to four now, the...

Our first Northeast CyberFirst Education Conference

October 23rd saw the inaugural Northeast CyberFirst Education Conference, held at The Catalyst, Newcastle Upon Tyne. This was attended by a healthy mix of education and industry delegates, with the primary purpose of raising visibilioty of the role of industry in...

Engaging Your Staff With Cyber Security

It is commonly assumed security responsibility is only for those in the tech teams. However, to truly protect your organisation, you need cyber security engagement from the whole business…

#CyberFest 23 Online Events Revisted

There were two online events at this year's #CyberFest. Here is your chance to view them if you missed them or wanted to revisit some useful points. Starting your own business: https://youtu.be/EFCDIgU_FZQ Cyber careers and training: https://youtu.be/Ix2qHXNGTpI In...

#CyberFest Week 4 – The Big One

We’re going out with a bang in the last week of #CyberFest, with another six events including the Big One, the Colossus, the Behemoth, ‘El Gordo’ even, but before we get to that let’s start on Monday. Those of you who have been involved with CyberNorth’s work over the...

#CyberFest week three

Week three of the North East’s biggest cyber security festival is a little quieter than week two with only (?) three events, one online and two in person. It could be the eye of the storm as the last week gets very busy again. The first event, #8 in the schedule is a...