The Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) has secured a place at Abertay University’s newly launched Abertay cyberQuarter in Dundee.

An increased presence in the city will boost opportunities for the organisation to engage with businesses from Tayside as it hosts workshops and meetings, as well as provide a space for its 20-part-time ethical hackers based out of Abertay University to work and collaborate.

By maintaining a presence at Abertay cyberQuarter, the SBRC said it would advance the support it provides to organisations beyond its current base in the central belt and contribute to the Dundee centre’s aim to bring together students, academics, and organisations to help solve global cyber security challenges.

Additionally, the firm has announced that it will become one of the founding members of the cybersecurity research and development centre.

Commenting on the move, Jude McCorry, CEO of the SBRC, said: “Abertay has long held an excellent reputation in the cyber industry. This week’s launch of the brand new cyberQuarter at Abertay University will extend this, and we have no doubt that it will be a positive space where academia and industry can unite to tackle cyber threats.

“Becoming a founding member of Abertay cyberQuarter was important for us given Dundee is already home to our brilliant team of ethical hackers who work assiduously alongside their studies to support organisations across Scotland in becoming more cyber aware. I can’t wait to see the centre live up to its potential.”

Cheryl Torano, Abertay cyberQuarter Business Development Manager, added: “We are delighted to welcome the Scottish Business Resilience Centre as a founding partner of Abertay cyberQuarter.

“The success of Abertay cyberQuarter is going to be reliant on bringing together the right mix of talented and driven people from across academia, industry, and organisations like the SBRC, to focus on providing a blend of skills, knowledge and innovation which can help us protect against online attacks.

“Collaboration will be at the heart of everything Abertay cyberQuarter achieves and we are excited to see this partnership develop in our new building in Dundee, as we work to create solutions to global cybersecurity challenges and also inclusive economic growth for the Tay Cities region and Scotland more widely.”

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The SBRC will begin its presence at the cyberQuarter with an on-site Exercise in a Box workshop on Wednesday 22nd June focused on ransomware.

Tayside businesses can attend the free, 90-minute workshop which will explore how they can detect and respond to phishing attacks, as well as what security controls must be implemented to limit the impact of ransomware infections.

Additionally, the session will also provide a setting where attendees can test the effectiveness of their current cyber strategy.

Support for the workshop will be delivered by the Scottish Government, SBRC’s cyber team with input from Police Scotland and other stakeholders.

McCorry added: “More access to practical training sessions is the feedback we hear from organisations time and time again.

“A lack of awareness on how to manage cyber resilience could create not only operational but also reputational ramifications which, in a time when many organisations are still recovering from the pandemic, could be devastating.

“This will be the first of many workshops that we host from the Abertay cyberQuarter, and I encourage anyone that feels they could benefit from evaluating their cyber security strategies in a safe environment to sign up.”

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