ScotlandIS News Archives - Page 13 of 52

Employer Guidance for the UK Points-based immigration system

By updatesPosted on 4th March 20224th March 2022Posted in Policy, Industry News, ScotlandIS News

The UK points-based immigration system prioritises skills and talent over where a person comes from. The system provides flexible arrangements for UK employers to recruit skilled workers from around the world through a number of different immigration routes. Anyone coming

CyberScotland Partnership supports more than 1,200 businesses

By updatesPosted on 1st March 20221st March 2022Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News, ScotlandIS News

Over the past year more than 1,200 businesses in Scotland have improved their cyber resilience by following CyberScotland Partnership’s Incident Response Plan. The CyberScotland Partnership, created one year ago to provide a central, up-to-date cybersecurity resource for individuals and public, private, and

Lloyds Banking Group Renews Support for Initiative Promoting Gender Diversity in Cyber Security

By updatesPosted on 24th February 202224th February 2022Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Diversity and Inclusion, Industry News, ScotlandIS News

With Cyber Scotland Week’s annual focus on all things “cyber” in Scotland taking place next week, Lloyds Banking Group has announce its renewed support for the “Empowering Women to Lead Cyber Security” Initiative. The parent group to Scotland’s oldest bank

GETTING TO KNOW YOU: GARY MONTGOMERY, CEO, AGENOR TECHNOLOGY

By updatesPosted on 18th February 202218th February 2022Posted in Member News, ScotlandIS News, Case Study

Check out this interview with Gary Montgomery, CEO of Agenor Technology, a leading IT Services company based in Edinburgh with European operations located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Established in 2006, Agenor Technology has a proven track record of successfully planning

Cyber Runway Scotland Recap

By updatesPosted on 11th February 202214th February 2022Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

Read this recap of our Cyber Runway Scotland event from Head of ScotlandIS Cyber, Ciara Mitchell. Cyber Runway Scotland, held on February 8th and 9th, was our first in-person, cyber cluster event in over two years and it was great

Quorum Cyber Joins Gender Diversity in Cyber Security Initiative as Application Deadline Approaches

By updatesPosted on 10th February 202210th February 2022Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber, Skills, Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News

Quorum Cyber, the Edinburgh HQ’d, award-winning cyber security services provider, is the latest in a number of sector leaders to join the “Empowering Women to Lead Cyber Security” initiative as an industry partner. The initiative, supported by ScotlandIS, The Scottish Government’s Digital

Cyber Essentials accreditation for IT Managed Service Providers

By updatesPosted on 7th February 202215th July 2022Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Industry News, ScotlandIS News, Opportunity

ScotlandIS are pleased to announce that we have secured funding through the Scottish Government to be able to allow your organisation to achieve Cyber Essentials (CE) or Cyber Essentials Plus (CE+) accreditation. This fund will be distributed to IT Managed

Help us, help them – Critical Friends Programme

By updatesPosted on 4th February 20224th February 2022Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

We’re working with DYW Glasgow and Skills Development Scotland to help computing science teachers across Scotland connect with industry and encourage more young people to take Computer Science as a subject. We know that a large part of the reason

Sopra Steria Strengthens Commitment to Gender Diversity in Digital Leadership Initiative

By updatesPosted on 3rd February 20223rd February 2022Posted in Member News, Skills, Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News, Opportunity

Sopra Steria, a European leader in consulting, digital services and software development, have reinforced their long-standing commitment to promoting gender diversity in digital leadership by pledging their support to both the Spring and Autumn cohorts of the ’Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation’ programme

South of Scotland pupils to benefit from new digital mentors

By updatesPosted on 28th January 202228th January 2022Posted in Member News, Skills, Industry News, ScotlandIS News

Secondary schools in the South of Scotland are partnering with digital technology experts to addressthe current industry skills gap. As part of the new initiative to meet the rapidly growing and changing skills requirements of the digitalsector, secondary schools across