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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,...

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,...

…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...

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...

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...

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...

Welcome to the Monthly Threat Update (MTU) from NEROCU. Thisdocument provides an overview of Economic and Cyber crime trendswithin the North East and UK. This document contains July 2025 data with a forward outlook. Monthly Threat Update RECCCDownload

The FCA’s Cyber Coordination Group (CCG) Insights 2024 captures a year’s worth of honest discussion and practical lessons from across the UK financial sector. CyberNorth's Lead for Cyber & FInTech, Jon Holden, gives his thoughts on the report and why he...

EBITDA rose by a third and revenue by more than a quarter, driven by investment in new technology and exceptional customer service. Founded in 2006, Gateshead-based Aspire Technology Solutions is one of the UK’s leading providers of managed IT, cyber security, and...

The CyberFirst Bursary Programme is returning, and expanding, for the 2026 academic year! Applications open in September 2025 - students from all backgrounds, with an interest in technology and cyber, are encouraged to apply. £4,000 per year tax-free 8+ weeks of paid...