About Cydea

We are Cydea, an optimistic cyber security consultancy.

The paths into cyber security consulting

At Cydea, we’ve all taken different approaches to get into cyber security consulting. Cydea’s approach when recruiting has always focused on demonstrating your passion for positive security and your drive to help clients, it’s not about being the “finished article” or having followed what’s considered the ‘traditional’ path into cyber security.

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Joining Cydea - reflections one month in…

New joiner apprehension… Joining any new team brings a group of thoughts and, in turn, feelings that are often contradictory. There’s a glimpse of excitement challenged with a hint of anxiety, a splatter of apprehension with a smudge of confidence.

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How we work together

More and more businesses are adopting a hybrid working model, driving the need for collaborative tools to facilitate remote team working.

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Starting a career in the world of cyber security

For the first four years of my professional life I worked as a Development Engineer in the Automotive Engineering industry. It’s been a full year now since I made the decision to change fields to the rapidly expanding industry of Cyber Security, and now feels like a good time to reflect on my journey so far: my background, why I made the jump, and my reflections against what I expected.

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Get early access to Cydea's Risk App

It feels like a long time ago now. On 4th March 2020 we put the call out for help in developing a better way to measure and manage cyber risk.

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#RansomAware: stop shaming, share intelligence and fight back against ransomware attacks

Today, the world is seeing businesses of all sizes suffer devastating attacks from ransomware. In the last few months, massive attacks on Colonial Pipeline and JBS have disrupted services and earned cybercriminals millions of pounds.

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Announcing Cydea x Good Causes

Since founding Cydea eighteen months ago our mission has been to bring positive security to the world. Some of that is contributing to open source projects or releasing tools free of charge through cydea.

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Hello, World! from cydea.Tools

Introducing cydea.Tools, a collection of the tools we use in our client work and that are now freely available for any infosec team to pick up and accelerate their cyber security programme.

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