CSAW

See the Real Hustle’s chief hustler live in Exeter this March

On 11 March, Alexis Conran of BBC’s “The Real Hustle”, will be visiting Exeter to speak at Bluegrass Group’s free one-day “Safety in the cloud” conference.

Organised by Bluegrass Group, an Exeter based trusted provider of outsourced IT support services to SMEs across the UK, the conference is one of several events taking place during Exeter’s Cyber Security Awareness Week . Already in its fourth year, it’s the UK’s only week of free events dedicated to raising awareness of cyber security and it provides a unique platform for education, sharing of best practice and networking...

One-day conference "Safety in the Cloud"

Event Date: 
11/03/2020 - 8:30am to 5:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Racecourse, Kennford, Exeter EX6 7XS

Learn the real risks of cloud computing and find out the latest approaches and tools for cloud cyber security at this FREE one-day conference.

Organised by Bluegrass Group , a trusted provider of outsourced IT support services to SMEs across the UK, the conference is one of several events taking place during Exeter’s Cyber Security Awareness Week .

In the keynote speech, Alexis Hustle from BBC's "The Real Hustle" will be sharing the top tactics that hackers use and providing the inside information on how security solutions can fail. Joining Alexis will be six other expert...

Free business networking evening

Event Date: 
09/03/2020 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Venue: 
Stephens Scown, Curzon House, Southernhay West, Exeter, EX1 1RS

Join Bluegrass Group at their FREE business networking event during Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) 2020.

There’ll be drinks and nibbles, a short interactive cyber quiz and the opportunity to network with other like-minded business owners.

Pre-booking essential, click here to book.

CSAW is the UK’s only week of free events dedicated to raising awareness of cyber security. Offering several different free events it provides a unique platform for education, sharing of best practice and networking opportunities within the region.

View the programme here...

Cyber Security Awareness Week 2020

Bluegrass Group launches Cyber Security Awareness Week 2020

The UK’s only week-long cyber security awareness week (CSAW) is returning to Exeter next year, and local business people are invited to join the launch event.

Now in its fourth year, CSAW, sponsored by Datto, is the brainchild of Bluegrass Group , an Exeter-based provider of industry-leading, outsourced IT support services. Over five days, Bluegrass will bring together a host of expert speakers to educate South West businesses and help them conquer the growing cyber threat.

David Thomas, Bluegrass’ Managing Director, commented: “While a decline in the number of high-profile...

"The Cyber Threat" seminar

Event Date: 
01/03/2018 - 8:30am to 4:30pm
Venue: 
Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel

A free one-day seminar, sponsored by Sophos, where you will learn about the latest cyber threats and how you can protect your business against them.

Presentations include:

  • “Case study: How we lost £40,000 through social engineering”
  • “Inside the mind of a hacker: How to protect your business against cyber crime”
  • “Stand and deliver, your money or your data!”
  • “Live ransomware and data recovery demonstration”
  • "Why hack when you can phish?"
  • "Taking control: Fending off cyber threats"

The full programme...

GDPR And Data Security seminar

Event Date: 
28/02/2018 - 8:30am to 4:30pm
Venue: 
Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel

A free one-day seminar, sponsored by Stephens Scown, where you will learn how to prepare your business for the imminent changes to data protection legislation and data security requirements.

Presentations include:

  • “Introduction to GDPR”
  • “Practical steps towards GDPR readiness”
  • “GDPR: Getting processes and people data ready”
  • “Communicating a data breach or cyber attack”
  • “A day in the life of a GDPR breach”:
  • “Hour zero: What to do?”
  • "Threat detection and recovery”
  • "Live data recovery
  • ...

Cyber Security Awareness Week: Networking Event

Event Date: 
27/02/2018 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Venue: 
Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel

Information and networking evening sponsored by South West Business Connections.

A session of short presentations and an opportunity to network with other Exeter business owners.

Presentations include:

  • Bluegrass: “Stolen data? It won’t happen to me, I’m a South West SME”
  • Stephens Scown: “Who knows more about you than your own mother? Google, that’s who!

View the full CSAW Programme here: CSAW Programme

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Cyber Security Awareness Week: Opening Event

Event Date: 
26/02/2018 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel

Join the opening event, sponsored by Chalk & Ward, to find out what’s in store for Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) 2018 and network with other like-minded business owners.

A buffet lunch will be provided.

View the full CSAW Programme here: CSAW programme

It will survive!

They’re still smiling! Not many people would be if their computer mini server packed with important data accidentally fell into a fish tank.

This demonstration had a happy ending at Exeter’s Cyber Security Awareness Week, where experts stressed the importance of backing up precious data and the dangers of it falling into the wrong hands. Or indeed a threat closer to home, data simply falling into the family fish tank. The server recovered completely from its unexpected dip, hence smiles all round, to the relief of the audience.

The week has been such a resounding success...