A fortnight into the new year the East Midlands Cyber Resilience Centre has had a chance to reflect on its inaugural Christmas networking event which brought together the EMCRC’s wider network of partners and stakeholders.
The event was hosted by Nelsons solicitors – Community Ambassadors of the Centre, and whose Partner Kevin Modiri advises the Board.
EMCRC Chairman Chief Superintendent Dave Kirby delivered a welcome address to the network where he discussed the important work the Centre is undertaking before handing over to MD Colin Ellis.
He said: “To really help protect our businesses, schools and charities to stay secure online we at the EMCRC and policing need to work together with those sectors to understand the needs and the complexities of those organisations.
“Our CRC network is made up of a broad church for this reason, who have a wide breadth of experience, capability and reach. We are not just made up of cyber security professionals, we have industry professionals from diverse sectors with diverse skills, all of whom recognise the threat to business that cyber and online crime bring.
“Getting our partners all together in a room was really important to talk about the work we are doing to support SMEs and devise how we can better reach and help all organisations across the east midlands. Its also really important to acknowledge that a collaborative approach is needed to achieve this. All our partners and friends understand this and often give up their own time to help – so it was nice to be able to thank them too.”
