Online Fringe Festival puts cyber security on the international map

The academic team behind the Midlands Centre for Cyber Security are putting cyber security on the international map with its second online FREE Cyber Fringe Festival. 

The Festival, which is due to run from Monday 6 December until Friday 10 December, will feature over 50 guest speakers from across the world delivering a range of strategic, operational and technical sessions, covering the cyber industry, defence and emergency services as well as diversity, government, acceleration and skills. 

After its successful premier in 2020, which featured 42 talks with delegates from 23 countries, the Cyber Fringe Festival 2021 will once again be delivered primarily online with some face-to-face workshops and will focus on various topics of importance around cyber security.  

Academics from the University of Wolverhampton Cyber Research Institute, alongside sector partners, developed the fringe programme of online sessions in support of the cyber security industry, drawing on expertise from across the globe.  

With the official opening of Cyber Quarter – Midlands Centre for Cyber Security also taking place in December, the events will strive to put Hereford on the global cyber map. 

Professor Prashant Pillai, Associate Dean Research and Knowledge Exchange and Centre Director Cyber Quarter – Midlands Centre for Cyber Security, said:

“We were overwhelmed by the interest from across in the globe at the Cyber Fringe Festival last year with speakers sharing their experiences, strategies and knowledge and this year looks to be even more exciting with 50 speakers already on board and others being added daily. 

“Now, more than ever as globally we collectively try to recover following the Covid-19 pandemic, the sessions will be of real value to people who are launching or growing their business. 

“The expertise and specialist focus of the new centre will be par