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DIGIT LEADERS: Scotland Leading Global Cyber Innovation
While ‘fintech’ may be the buzzword on everyone’s lips, Scotland’s cyber security companies are also innovating, pioneering and finding new ways to deal with the challenges and embrace the opportunities being created by the rapidly evolving world of cyber crime.
The new reality in 2017 is that practically every company is vulnerable to a cyber attack in some way, shape or form. From small businesses ensuring they can protect customer data, to the world’s largest manufacturers ensuring that their products are protected against hacking and malware attacks, recognising the value of good cyber security is now fundamental to a company’s long-term sustainability and survival.
Every week brings news of another attack, data breach or failure of security. There are calls from governments to limit or break encryption, there is new legislation which will require businesses to radically change the way they do business.
Yet too often cyber security is seen as an I.T. problem, or something for the technical team to deal with, rather than a board level issue, or problem which could cost a company 4% of its global turnover.
It’s no longer OK for companies not to understand these issues. It’s time cyber security was recognised as the way in which smart companies differentiate themselves and create new bonds of trust with their customers.
Scottish Cyber Awards 2017
This is why DIGIT is working with the Scottish Business Resilience Centre to sponsor the 2017 Cyber Awards and why we are committed to covering the challenges and opportunities which cyber security is creating for companies worldwide.
Entries for the 2017 Scottish Cyber Awards closed on Friday 8th September. As the judging begins and the award ceremony draws closer, we will be speaking to many of the companies involved in Scotland’s thriving cyber security sector.
Over the past two weeks we’ve spoken to the companies behind the awards, including PwC and ZoneFox. You can now watch the complete interviews with both companies below.
Professor Bill Buchanan OBE
This week we’re delighted to introduce one of the world’s leading experts on cyber security Professor Bill Buchanan. As well as being the head of Napier University’s Cyber Academy, a prolific blogger (and frequent contributor to DIGIT,) Bill is the recipient of not only last year’s Cyber Evangelist Award, but a (well deserved) OBE.
We spoke to Professor Buchanan about Scotland’s technology landscape and how the country is innovating in cyber security.
Dr Jamie Graves, Founder & CEO, ZoneFox
John Whitehill & Colin Slater, PwC
