We are extremely proud of our cyber team for being shortlisted in two cyber community award categories: outstanding community event and community hero (Robbie Ross). This past year has been challenging for everyone, but the team’s commitment to raising cyber awareness throughout the Scottish community has never wavered. Good luck Read more…
In lieu of sending cards to our clients, it’s become a Converged tradition to support local causes at Christmas. Never has this gesture been more apt and so we’re pleased to have donated £500 to both Abernecessities & The ARCHIE Foundation for Christmas 2020. We received this note from ARCHIE and wanted to share it with you all.
Have you ever seen a cyber security event advertised and thought to yourself “I’d like to go to that but I don’t know where to start and I probably won’t understand it anyway”, then this is the event for you.
We’ll explain what cyber security is in a simple and easy to understand way, talk about why it is important to you and your business, and the simple steps that you can start to take to make your business more secure.
By Robbie Ross, chief security officer at Converged Communication Solutions Cyber security has posed a threat for a number of years, with many of us falling victim to online crime, in both a personal and professional capacity. As the UK went into a lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many organisations Read more…
IT and cyber security company Converged Communication Solutions has joined forces with Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to deliver two free cyber security webinars later this month. The online events, titled ‘What on earth is cyber security’, will be held on Monday, 22 and Friday, 26 February. They are designed Read more…
Back in April 2019, the Scottish Government ran the first ever Cyber Scotland Week. It coincided with the biggest cyber security event to ever take place in Scotland, the flagship National Cyber Security Centre conference CYBERUK, which was held the same week in Glasgow. Fast forward 2 years and Cyber Read more…
So, it’s apt that tomorrow, we will be working with one of our clients to educate their new staff on staying safe online and how the simple things they do can make a huge difference to the cyber security of their company.
TechFest is to help charities across the North-east better protect themselves against online crime, with a new virtual event taking place during CyberScotland Week. The free workshop, Cyber Security Basics for Charities – a chance to learn, question and build cyber confidence, is being supported by technology and security specialist Read more…
By Robbie Ross, CSO. It’s the time of year when many people working in cyber security give their predictions regarding what they believe the next year will hold when it comes to the cyber threat. I’ve read many of these over the years and recently watched an excellent webinar that spoke about Read more…
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a whole year since we sent out our best wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2020. It’s an understatement to say that it’s not been the year we all hoped for. The last 9 months especially have been hard for many on both Read more…