Activities

Activities 

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Delegates at the ICOCO 2023 conference.

IEEE ICOCO 2023 Conference

Dr Neeshe Khan at the RISCS Annual Conference 2024, Bristol, March 2024.

RISCS Annual Conference 2024

Attendees from the Cybersecurity Challenges for SMEs workshop at the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre Annual Conference, April 2024.

Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre Conference 2024

Cyber Security Keynote Theatre programme at Tech Show Frankfurt, May 2024.

Tech Show Frankfurt 2024

Speaking in the Cyber Security Keynote Theatre at Tech Show Frankfurt, May 2024.

Tech Show Frankfurt 2024

Speaking in the Cyber Security Keynote Theatre at Tech Show Frankfurt, May 2024.

Tech Show Frankfurt 2024

Dr Jason Nurse and Dr Neeshe Khan at the RISCS Annual Conference 2025.

RISCS Annual Conference 2025

Project illustration for CyCOS based on the presentation at the RISCS Annual Conference 2025, from event illustrator Chris Day.

RISCS Annual Conference 2025

CyCOS panel at Infosecurity Europe 2025, London, June 2025

Infosecurity Europe 2025

CyCOS panel at Infosecurity Europe 2025, London, James Coker (Moderator), Steven Furnell, Amanda Finch, Sapna Chadha and Stephen Bell

Infosecurity Europe 2025

CyCOS panel at Infosecurity Europe 2025, London, Amanda Finch, Sapna Chadha and Stephen Bell

Infosecurity Europe 2025

CyCOS panel at Infosecurity Europe 2025, London, James Coker and Steven Furnell.

Infosecurity Europe 2025

Members of the CyCOS team at Infosecurity Europe 2025, London, June 2025.

Infosecurity Europe 2025

The CyCOS stand at SME XPO 2025.

SME XPO 2025

Members of the CyCOS team at SME XPO 2025, London, June 2025.

SME XPO 2025

Info, pens and Cyber Defence Dice ... and sweets.

SME XPO 2025

The Cybersecurity and Ransomware panel at SME XPO 2025: Mark Child (Moderator), Charlie Morrison, Amanda Finch and Steven Furnell.

SME XPO 2025

Steven Furnell presenting at IISA 2025

IISA 2025

Receiving an award as keynote speaker at IISA 2026

IISA 2025

Steven Furnell speaking on Greek TV at IISA 2025

IISA 2025

Maria Bada presenting at EUROCRIM 2025

EUROCRIM 2025

Panel session at teissLondon 2025, 18 September 2025.

teissLondon 2025

CyCOS breakfast meeting, Rochdale

CyCOS breakfast meeting, Rochdale

Mike Thompson (Zen Internet), Ram Herkanaidu and Matthew Rand form a panel at the CyCOS breakfast meeting in Rochdale on 19 September 2025.

CyCOS breakfast meeting, Rochdale

Neeshe Khan introducing the Communities of Support concept at the CyCOS breakfast meeting in Rochdale on 19 September 2025.

CyCOS breakfast meeting, Rochdale

Members of the CyCOS at Zen Internet, who hosted the breakfast meeting in Rochdale on 19 September 2025.

CyCOS breakfast meeting, Rochdale

Prof. Furnell proves that he managed to find the venue for the International Cyber Expo 2025.

Global Cyber Summit / International Cyber Expo 2025

The "Collaboration: Why working together is vital" panel at the Global Cyber Summit / International Cyber Expo, London, UK, 1 October 2025.

Global Cyber Summit / International Cyber Expo 2025

Steven Furnell and fellow panellist (and CyCOS Advisory Board member) Helen Barge from the FSB.

Global Cyber Summit / International Cyber Expo 2025

Ram Herkanaidu presenting CyCOS at the 20th International Conference on Critical Information Infrastructures Security in Jönköping, Sweden.

CRITIS 2025

Keynote talk at the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Cybersecurity (ICETCS 2025) in Wolverhampton on 27 October 2025.

ICETCS 2025

Prof. Steven Furnell presenting CyCOS at the 4th Annual University of North Texas Cybersecurity Symposium, 31 October 2025.

4th Annual University of North Texas Cybersecurity Symposium

Prof. Steven Furnell presenting CyCOS at the 4th Annual University of North Texas Cybersecurity Symposium, 31 October 2025.

4th Annual University of North Texas Cybersecurity Symposium

Prof. Steven Furnell presenting CyCOS at the 4th Annual University of North Texas Cybersecurity Symposium, 31 October 2025.

4th Annual University of North Texas Cybersecurity Symposium

Prof. Furnell waits for an audience at the ERC State of Small Business Britain Conference 2025

ERC State of Small Business Britain Conference 2025

Prof. Furnell presenting CyCOS at the ERC State of Small Business Britain Conference 2025

ERC State of Small Business Britain Conference 2025

Prof. Furnell presenting at the RITICS Economics of Cyber Security workshop at the University of Oxford.

RITICS Economics of Cyber Security workshop

Dr Bada presenting at the RITICS Economics of Cyber Security workshop at the University of Oxford.

RITICS Economics of Cyber Security workshop

CyCOS team members in Oxford for the RITICS Economics of Cyber Security workshop.

RITICS Economics of Cyber Security workshop

Prof. Furnell talks about SME cyber security needs and presents the CyCOS concept to the Ashfield Business Leaders event on 12 May 2026.

Ashfield Business Leaders event - 12 May 2026

Prof. Furnell opens the face-to-face community members event.

CyCOS Community Event - 18 May 2026

The community members participate in an incident response drill.

CyCOS Community Event - 18 May 2026

Red team versus blue team. The community members are introduced to an awareness-raising game of Cyber Defence Dice.

CyCOS Community Event - 18 May 2026

Industry and Professional Events

  • “Cyber security support for SMEs: Bringing clarity or confusion?”, UK Cyber Week, London. UK, 18 April 2024.
  • “Small business, big problem? The cyber security support challenge for SMEs”, Cloud & Cyber Security Expo 2024, Frankfurt, 23 May 2024.
  • “Cyber Security: Care in the Community?”, ISG Digital Business Summit 2024, London, UK, 25 June 2024.
  • “Towards community-based cyber security support for SMEs”, Guest speaker, ISACA Members’ Meeting, Solihull, UK, 19 September 2024.
  • “Enhancing Support for Cyber Resilience in SMEs“, BCS SM-ITAM Annual Conference, London, UK, 15 October 2024. 
  • “Examining the cyber security support experiences of SMEs”, invited speaker, ISACA Central UK Conference, Birmingham, UK, 19 March 2025.
  • "Cyber Security Support for your SME: Join the CyCOS Community", Breakfast meeting, Rochdale Development Agency, Rochdale, UK, 19 September 2025.
  • “Changing the cybersecurity landscape for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises”, 4th Annual University of North Texas Cybersecurity Symposium, Denton, Texas, USA, 31 October 2025.
  • "Navigating the security landscape: Challenges for SMEs", ERC State of Small Business Britain Conference 2025, London, UK, 2 December 2025.
  • "The CyCOS Project and practical SME solutions", Ashfield Business Leaders Event, Sherwood Business Park, 12 May 2026.

Panel Sessions

  • “David versus Goliath: Cybersecurity Challenges for SMEs”, Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre Annual Conference, Oxford, UK, 29 April 2024.
  • “Small business, vulnerability and importance to supply chain”, Global Cyber Summit / International Cyber Expo, London, UK, 25 September 2024.
  • “Enabling Cyber Security Communities of Support for SMEs”, Infosecurity Europe 2025, London, 4 June 2025.
  • "Cybersecurity and ransomware - the SME Survival Guide", SME XPO, London, 19 June 2025.
  • "Building a cyber-resilient organisation with ad-hoc threat intelligence sharing", teissLondon 2025, London, 18 September 2025.
  • "Collaboration: Why working together is vital", Global Cyber Summit / International Cyber Expo, London, UK, 1 October 2025.
  • “Cyber resilience through collaboration: Strengthening the supply chain”, CIISec LIVE, London, UK, 25 November 2025.
  • " The confidence gap - moving SMBs from reactive to proactive cyber security", teissTalk, online, 12 February 2026.
  • “Cyber security support for small businesses: Clear and consistent, or confused?”, Invited research seminar, University of Luxembourg, 2 May 2024. 
  • “Cyber security for SMEs - Clear, Consistent and Complete?”, Keynote presentation, European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference 2024, Xanthi, Greece, 5 June 2024.
  • “The Challenge of Cyber Security for Small Businesses”, Keynote presentation, 7th International Conference on Information Science and Systems (ICISS 2024), Edinburgh, UK, 15 August 2024.
  • “Towards a community-based approach to cyber security for SMEs”, invited research seminar, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UK, 16 October 2024.
  • “Expanding cyber security support for small businesses”, invited presentation, 19th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions, Oxford, UK, 5 November 2024.
  • “Fostering a community-based approach towards SME cybersecurity”, Invited research seminar, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, 24 January 2025.
  • “Cyber Security for SMEs: Recognising needs and tracking experiences”, Keynote presentation, 16th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications (IISA 2025), Mytilene, Greece, 10 July 2025.
  • "Protecting SMEs from Cyber Crime: Challenges and Pathways to Cyber Security Support", presentation, 25th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (EUROCRIM 2025), Athens, Greece, 5 September 2025.
  • "Designing Cyber Security Communities of Support to improve SME cyber hygiene and resilience", presentation, 20th International Conference on Critical Information Infrastructures Security (CRITIS2025), Jönköping, Sweden, 21 October 2025.
  • "SME Cyber Security: Let's work together", Keynote presentation, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Cybersecurity (ICETCS 2025), Wolverhampton, UK, 27 October 2025.
  • "Hidden barriers to cyber security adoption for SMEs” and "Protecting SMEs from Cyber Crime: Challenges and Pathways to Cyber Security Support", invited presentations, RITICS Economics of Cyber Security Workshop, Oxford, UK, 5 December 2025.

Academic Conferences and Seminars

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