The United States is arguably the most influential force in global cybersecurity, but its governance model is sprawling, federal, and often opaque to outsiders. Responsibility is distributed across military, civilian, and intelligence agencies—each with their own authorities, funding mechanisms, and strategic priorities.
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The West Midlands Cyber Working Group (WM CWG) plays a pivotal role in uniting industry, academia, government, and grassroots cyber communities across the region. This article outlines how WM CWG applies stakeholder mapping to guide its coordination efforts, balancing the interests of funders, civic authorities, partners, and community actors.
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This article uncovers the historical, political, and spiritual forces behind Dante’s Divine Comedy, including his exile from Florence, critique of Church and Empire, and the influence of Beatrice, Virgil, and Scholastic theology—revealing the poem as both a mystical vision and a personal act of redemption.
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A landmark in marketing literature, Positioning reframes the idea of competition. It’s not about having the best product, it’s about owning a distinct place in the customer’s mind. This article explores the book’s key insights, including category creation, mental perception, and naming strategy. It provides actionable advice for professionals seeking clarity in how they present themselves or their brand.
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Birmingham: the sprawling metropolis of Spaghetti Junction fame, Brutalist architecture, and canals that definitely outnumber Venice. Once, there was a website called Birmingham It’s Not Shit, a valiant effort to defend the UK’s second city from its critics. With lists of quirky reasons why Birmingham wasn’t as bad as people thought, it tried to elevate the city’s reputation above the perpetual slagging it receives from Londoners, northerners, and basically everyone else.
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The West Midlands Cyber Working Group (WM CWG) is a collaborative, region-wide forum uniting cyber leaders from business, academia, government, and civil society. It facilitates quarterly convenings, shared strategy development, and joint funding bids to strengthen the regional cyber ecosystem. Operating as an open, grassroots-led group, WM CWG is aligned with DSIT goals, WMCA priorities, and the UK Cyber Strategy. It seeks to drive investment, skills, and coordination through regional initiatives. Here’s an example “innovation Canvas” for the WM CWG.
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Navigating influence in a new and emerging field like cyber psychology requires clarity, confidence, and strategic alignment. As a startup working at the intersection of AI ethics, human factors, and cybersecurity resilience, Psyber Inc. operates in a diverse and sometimes opaque stakeholder landscape.
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The European cybersecurity landscape is layered, fragmented, and fast-evolving. Unlike the centralised approaches of some governments, the EU’s model of collective sovereignty means cybersecurity is coordinated, rather than controlled by Brussels. National governments still manage their defence and digital sovereignty, but major funding, regulation, and cross-border frameworks increasingly come from the EU level.
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Understanding your stakeholder landscape is key to scaling effectively—especially in cybersecurity, where trust, standards, and adoption often hinge on who’s in the room. This article explores how Cyber Tzar, a cybersecurity scale-up specialising in supply chain risk and cyber risk scoring, applies the Stakeholder Mapping Grid to guide its strategic engagement.
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A comparative theological examination of suicide in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism, exploring how each tradition interprets suicide through doctrines of will, suffering, afterlife, and divine justice, offering context to Dante’s unyielding vision in Inferno.
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Oracle—beloved by enterprise IT departments everywhere for its bulletproof reliability, affordable pricing, and impeccable customer service. Wait, who am I kidding? Oracle is the company everyone loves to hate: the heavyweight champion of convoluted licensing agreements, aggressive sales tactics, and overpromised software solutions. Sure, it’s the bedrock of many enterprises, but it’s also a towering monument to corporate tech bollocks.
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Psyber Inc. applies psychology to cybersecurity, developing behavioural risk dashboards that assess human factors behind cyber threats. Built on academic research in cyberpsychology, the platform translates user sentiment, stress, and behavioural data into actionable cyber risk insights. Psyber Inc. is led by a neurodivergent, female founder and focuses on ethical, responsible AI. It addresses rising demand for insider threat detection, resilience measurement, and human-centric cyber tools across defence, education, and enterprise. Here’s an example “innovation Canvas” for Psyber Inc.
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This article covers the launch and impact of Techstars Tokyo, Techstars’ first accelerator program in Japan. It outlines the objectives of the program, the diversity of the inaugural 2024 cohort, the involvement of major partners like JETRO and Mitsui Fudosan, and its role in linking Japanese startups to global innovation networks. It also previews the 2025 program and its continued commitment to supporting frontier technologies.
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Understanding who matters most to your mission, and how to engage with them, is vital for any business, especially in the startup and innovation space. Whether you’re building a cyber risk platform, championing cyber psychology, or coordinating a regional community like the West Midlands Cyber Working Group (WM CWG), the ability to identify, map, and actively engage stakeholders is fundamental to long-term success.
This article examines the current state of Techstars in 2025, highlighting its strategic initiatives under “Techstars 2.0,” including a revamped curriculum, the launch of Techstars Universe, expanded corporate partnerships, and enhanced support for diverse founders. It also discusses the geographical shift to New York and continued portfolio growth, showcasing Techstars’ adaptive approach to remaining a leader in pre-seed investment.
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The definitive guide to who shapes cyber policy in Whitehall, and how to work with them.
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This article traces the emergence of Techstars within the broader history of startup accelerators, examining its strategic differences from Y Combinator, its influence on regional and vertical innovation models, and its role as an institutional entrepreneur in shaping the global accelerator movement. It analyses the evolution from incubators to modern accelerators and critically reflects on Techstars’ legacy in ecosystem building and innovation finance.
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Modern Koan from Dune of “Fear Is the Mind-Killer” is not a Zen story, nor is it a koan in the traditional sense. There’s no paradox or puzzle to unravel. But it carries the same contemplative weight. Spoken by Paul Atreides as part of the Bene Gesserit litany, it is a mantra about fear, presence, and the self that remains. Like a koan, it doesn’t resolve the moment; it holds us within it.
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This article explores Dante’s Inferno as a structured moral and theological descent, examining the logic behind each of the nine circles of Hell. From lust and gluttony to fraud and treachery, each level reveals how Dante views sin not just as misdeed but as a deformation of the soul and will.
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An extensive guide mapping the networks, policy engines, commercial power bases, and future-shapers of British cybersecurity.
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