This interactive workshop is designed specifically to help local VCSE groups & organisations to strengthen their cyber security practices.

Places are fully funded for VCSE sector groups & organisations delivering services in Gloucestershire.  

Event information

• Date: 12 December 2024
• Time: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
• Venue: The Growth Hub, Oxtalls Campus, GL2 9JW

Booking Links

• VCSE Booking Link: Book Now
• Non-VCSE Sector Bookings: Please add yourself to our waitlist and we will let you know if we can allocate you a place before the event: Waitlist Application

Important Waitlist Information

Please ensure that you add yourself to our waitlist if all of the spaces have been filled for this course. This helps us to understand whether we need to run a follow up course and we cannot do this if we do not have your details registered on our waitlist. Thank you.

Terms & Conditions of Booking

Please read our Terms & Conditions of Booking before reserving a space or adding yourself to the waitlist for this event: Terms & Conditions of Booking 

Course Overview

Join Andy Baldrain from The Cyber Resilience Centre (for the South West) to: 

1. Tackle some of the most common cybersecurity misconceptions in our Cyber Mythbusters segment, debunking myths and providing practical solutions.
2. Focus on VCSE sector specific problems and address the unique cybersecurity challenges faced by VCSE groups & organisations.
3. Cover the NCSC Pillars, key principles from the National Cyber Security Centre to help your group/organisation establish a strong security foundation.
4. Watch a live demo of the Email Checker Tool, a simple but powerful way to verify email authenticity and prevent phishing attacks.

Andy will also open the floor for a Question & Answer session, allowing you to ask questions specific to your organisation’s needs and learn from others in the sector. 

Trainer Information

Andy has had 30+ years in the software industry, having done everything from running a 6-man start-up to a 600+ global engineering organisation. More recently, Andy did a master’s in cyber security at UWE as he believes that all software leaders will need to understand the issues around cyber security.

Andy is now doing a PhD in cyber security at the university of Bristol. His research area is around how to help developers build privacy-preserving secure IoT and smart home devices.

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