CyberScotland Week 2025
It’s CyberScotland week 2025.
Cyber Scotland Week 24th February – 2nd March 2025: “Keeping everyone cyber aware and resilient”.
Today is the start of CyberScotland Week, a week-long event to build “Cyber resilience throughout Scotland.” Hosted by CyberScotland, it is an invitation to “individuals, organisations and communities across Scotland to raise awareness of cyber security and strengthen our collective cyber resilience.” Cyber threats can affect anyone at any time, and as we become more digital, awareness is essential.
The theme of this year; Can’t Hack it!?
Events all across Scotland are listed on the CyberScotland homepage. The website also offers advice and career and skill opportunities.
Edinburgh Napier Security Society
Edinburgh Napier Security Society or ENUSEC is a student society started by students and staff in work with the cybersecurity courses at Edinburgh Napier in 2015. The objective was to foster a community while learning. The society now hosts 120 members. The society is open to everyone not just the Edinburgh Napier association. There are weekly meetings every Wednesday. As well as more fun and informative events monthly. If you are interested in cybersecurity, then this is the society to join.
ENUSEC is hosting their annual cybersecurity conference Le Tour Du Hack in May. This will mark the 10-year anniversary of ENUSEC. Tickets will be available soon but will mark your calendar for the 10th -11th of May. As it marks 10 years, the conference will be bigger than before. “Le Tour Du Hack is an annual student-run cybersecurity conference bringing together experts, enthusiasts, and curious minds for two days of technical talks, challenges, and of course, networking” (ltdh.enusec.org/#speakers)
Speakers will be announced soon but there is a call for papers. Papers can cover cybersecurity, hacking techniques, hardware hacking and more. It is your chance to present. The deadline for submission is April 20th. More information on their website and tickets to register.
CyberSecurity at Edinburgh Napier
Thinking about learning more about Cybersecurity, Edinburgh Napier University ranks as one of the best in Scotland to study. “At the School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment, we’re building the future, creating an impact and making a difference”. Home to the Centre for Cybersecurity, IoT and Cyber-physical systems as well as cybersecurity courses.
Our Centre for Cybersecurity, IoT and Cyber-physical Systems (CIC) are the main research group linked to Cybersecurity at the School of Computing, Engineering & Built Environment. Research is related to Cybersecurity, digital forensics, robotics and much more. This applies to the application areas including but not limited to transportation, health care, Fintech, and 5G/6G wireless communications. This is led by leading professor Bill Buchanan (OBE) and six international research leads. The centre focuses on research excellence with leading academics that are rated in the top 2%. The centre runs a range of courses and is a perfect place for networking and projects (Centre for Cybersecurity, IoT and Cyber-physical systems.napier.ac.uk)
If you are interested in learning more about Cybersecurity, the School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment is leading in the field. The No.1 UK modern university for computer science to The Times University Guide. We have a Cybersecurity & Forensics, Beng (Hons) and a Postgraduate Cybersecurity MSc which is also available for distance learning. Both programs are available as a graduate apprenticeship. Our undergraduate was the first undergraduate in the UK who be “awarded certification from the National Cyber Security Centre”.
If you are interested, our applications for September 2025 are now open.
Have a look at our access to information day.
By Maya Green
