The CyberScotland Podcast

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   1. Pursuing a Career in Cyber - Ethical Hacking

   In this episode Declan Doyle, Head of Professional Service at the Cyber and Fraud Centre, hosts Adam, Heidi, Conor and Stephen, four of the ethical hackers from Abertay University working with the Cyber and Fraud Centre. In the episode they discuss pursuing a career in cyber through their experiences working as ethical hackers and the cyber knowledge that they have built through their work and education.The Cyber and Fraud Centre work with students enrolled on the Ethical Hacking course at Abert

   May 17,2023 20:44
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   2. Cyber Strategy

   On this weeks episode we have three of the team members of the Cyber Fraud Centre; Head of Strategy John Callagy hosts Declan Doyle, Head of Professional Services, and Lead Ethical Hacker Jeremy Aylott to discuss the importance of cyber strategy and specifically the Cyber Strategy for Small Organisations guide.The Cyber Strategy for Small Organisations guide has been designed to assist organisations in practicing and maintaining healthy cyber security. Cyber strategy is how you implement cyber s

   Apr 12,2023 17:55
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   3. Incident Response Part 2

   In this episode the Incident Response & Threat Intelligence Manager at the Cyber and Fraud Centre, Mike Smith, speaks to Lyndsey Jackson, the Deputy Chief Executive from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Lyndsey details her experiences with a cyber hack, shares her learnings, and discusses the impact it had on the organisation.In partnership with the Scottish Government and Police Scotland, the Cyber and Fraud Centre has launched the UK’s first cyber and fraud incident response helpline for the pub

   Apr 06,2023 24:51
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   4. Incident Response Part 1

   In this episode  Incident Response & Threat Intelligence Manager at the Cyber and Fraud Centre, Mike Smith, speaks to David Brown from NCC Group. David is a Senior CIRT Consultant and discusses the ins and outs of incident response with Mike from a security vendor point of view. In partnership with the Scottish Government and Police Scotland, the Cyber and Fraud Centre has launched the UK’s first cyber and fraud incident response helpline for the public, private and third-sector organisations ac

   Mar 28,2023 37:12
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   5. Cyber Essentials

   In this episode, we will be talking about ‘Cyber Essentials’ and how the scheme can help organisations guard against the most common internet-borne attacks by having basic control measures in place. Our host is Graham Bye, an independent consultant coordinating some of the activities of the CyberScotland Partnership. Our guests for this session are Chris Pinder, the Chief Operating Officer at the IASME Consortium, who are responsible for delivering the Cyber Essentials scheme across the UK. Also

   Mar 15,2023 36:33
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   6. CyberFirst Girls Competition

   The CyberFirst Girls Competition is the NCSC’s flagship cyber security contest for schools, which opens annually to girls in S2 in Scotland. The competition final took place last month, with school girls across the country taking part. The finalist worked in teams to crack cyber-related puzzles, with the top-scoring team in each home nation or region crowned the local champion. Thirteen teams around the country claimed victory at the finals with Stirling High School winning in Scotland.  The com

   Mar 07,2023 18:56
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   7. CyberScotland Week Special

   CyberScotland Week draws together events across Scotland designed to make businesses, organisations and individuals more cyber aware and resilient.Whether we’re younger or older. From our home life to our business. Whether you need to protect yourself or your organisation, you need to be cyber aware and resilient in a growing digital world.In this episode, Kirstie Steele, CyberScotland Community Lead, is joined by Fiona Thomson, CyberScotland Week Co-Ordinator from ScotlandIS. They look at some

   Feb 22,2023 12:29
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   8. Basics of Good Cyber Practices (for individuals)

   Interested in learning more about cyber security but don't know where to start? This episode is for you. We map out some of the best places to go to first when you want to get to grips with the basics of cyber security. In this episode, we are joined by Daniel Devine, Cyber Security and Data Science Educational Technologist & Project Manager at Digital Skills Education. Our host is Kirstie Steele, CyberScotland Community Lead with Scottish Business Resilience Centre. Here are the various resourc

   Jan 18,2023 18:22
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   9. Exercise in a Box

   Exercise in a Box is an online tool from the NCSC which helps organisations test and practise their response to a cyber attack. It is completely free and you don’t have to be an expert to use it. Over the past few years, it has made a big difference in introducing organisations to the basics of cyber exercising. By combining threat intel and knowledge of the threat landscape, NCSC has created a tool that allows organisations of all sizes to engage with their cyber security knowledge, and practic

   Dec 13,2022 19:13
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    10. What is the CyberScotland Partnership?

    In the first episode of the CyberScotland podcast, we look to answer the question - what is the CyberScotland Partnership?We look to the days before CyberScotland; where the idea came from, who was involved in the early stages, and why the idea resonated so much. Following that the discussion focuses on who is involved now and what is involved in the CyberScotland portal. There may even be a small mention of the Digi Ken tv ad campaign and its infamous socks!Our guest for this show is Keith McDe

    Dec 05,2022 21:43