As we head into the weekend, here are some open calls you may be interested in:
- NCSC call for its 3rd accelerator cohort: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/cyber-accelerator
- Innovate UK Women in Innovation call: https://twitter.com/innovateuk/status/1022062310800744449?s=21
- You may also be interested to have your say on the UK public consultations on trade agreements: https://twitter.com/tradegovukaus/status/1022288250625392640?s=21
In the Oceania region and US,
- The ACSC has its upcoming competition https://youtu.be/y0iRaMXeC20
- The DHS Cyber security strategy was published in recent months https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhs-cybersecurity-strategy with a handy one pager https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/DHS-Cybersecurity-Fact-Sheet.pdf alongside recently hosting its first national cybersecurity summit https://www.dhs.gov/news/2018/08/01/dhs-hosts-successful-first-ever-national-cybersecurity-summit
- On further strengthening of ties, the UK and Australia hosted its 2018 AU-UK min recently in the UK:https://twitter.com/ukinaustralia/status/1021182313021915138?s=21. – in the light of the recent mission of over 60 across from Australia to the UK, you may be interested in this Building a bridge report from the City of London https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/business/economic-research-and-information/research-publications/Documents/building-a-bridge.pdf
“The UK’s space sector is thriving and satellite benefits our lives every day, from banking to transport, and agriculture to entertainment.” The Hon Chris Grayling, Secretary of State for Transport, was recently quoted as said:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lockheed-martin-and-orbex-to-launch-uk-into-new-space-age
To that end, you may also be interested in:
- some of the law as it relates to space from national concerns such as the UK Space Industry Act http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/5/contents/enacted to the UN Office for Outer Space collection of laws and treaties http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties.html alongside further national and other space legislation/ agreements, and the UNODC Sherloc initiative https://www.unodc.org/cld/v3/sherloc/ with useful resources such as regional and case law extending to cybersecurity and cybercrime
- The new National Aerospace Research Consortium (NARC), which aims to be a one-stop shop for the global market to access the UK’s leading academic aerospace minds and facilities https://industrialstrategy.blog.gov.uk/2018/07/20/universities-aerospace-collaboration-takes-off-at-farnborough-international-airshow/
- NESTA’s report on drones in cities which talks to sector specific interests such as health https://www.nesta.org.uk/report/flying-high-challenge-future-of-drone-technology-in-uk-cities/
- More generally head of DASA Dr Lucy Mason’s released an interesting technology discussion https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technology-trends-report
Finally, congratulations on a most excellent CIO Summit which I very much enjoyed Chairing.
Dr Sally Ernst
Moderator, #CybersecurityNetworks