A  belated happy new year – in this month’s post : 

When , having been reminded in a meeting recently of the importance of the UN sustainable goals, here is the progress report: and a paper further linking cybersecurity with the SDG’s 

In UK centenary celebrations: it has been 100 years since women have been able to vote, and since the inception of GCHQ 

In initiatives and open calls that may be of interest:

– (ISCF) Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund has awarded £68 million  
– The Future Cities Catapult collaborative CityX initiative:
– DCMS’ Digital Inclusion Fund encompassing programmes tackling loneliness in rural areas 
– the ACSC is partnering with AISA for conferences and The World of Drones, has its call open for submissions
– STC has begun cybersecurity chats on Twitter

The Turing Institute is collaboratively delivering, with the University of Chicago, its 12 week Data Science for Social Good Fellowship  has a call open for Data Study Groups , leading UKRI funded research programmes: , and  an initiative with British Heart Foundation   

Some cybersecurity advisory pages you may be interested in reviewing more generally:

• ODIN’s lexicon and cyber risk framework
• Financial Stability Board’s Cyber Lexicon
• IEEE cybersecurity
• ASECO Lab
• New Zealand’s Protective Security Requirements
• DST Group’s Cyber page
• Office of Australia’s eSafety Commissioner research pages.
• Future of mobility update in the Industrial strategy blog 

You may also be interested to know that

• @ForeignOffice is collocating with New Zealand  in Tonga and Vanuatu,
• Mutual Recognition Agreements have been signed between the UK and Australia, and the UK and US, toward ensuring continuity of trade .
• A new tool for contributors for UNDOC’s Sherlock, which shares electronic resources and laws on crime, is now available
• The European Statutory Instruments committee is addressing  UK laws affected by EU laws post-Brexit 
• The UK advertising regulatory body has reportedly banned harmful gender stereotypes in ads including in online and social media advertising effective June 2019

Finally, a warm congratulations to the Queen’s 2019  honourees many of whom were recognised for work in the community, to Mrs Vicki Treadell CMG MVO, appointed British High Commissioner to Australia, and to Minister for Innovation to Baroness Blackwood for admittance to the House of Lords.

I am also very much looking forward to talking at the first of WIT’s 2019 breakfast series: 6th March  and the Ausec 2019 Conference in June

Best for the year, ahead.