Each month, Cyan rounds-up interesting news items from the world of digital forensics, online harms and counter terror that you might have missed. In the news this month: 2,000 domestic violence and sex abuse suspects arrested in just 9 months More than 2,000 criminal suspects who “made life hell” for women and children in London…
Investor, advisor and entrepreneur Tobin Ireland has joined the board of Cyan as Non-Executive Director. With a successful background as a corporate executive, chairman/NXD of scale-up businesses and co-founder of data and technology start-ups, Tobin will be a valuable addition to Cyan’s board. With 25 years experience working as a senior executive in the digital…
Today, Monday 29 March 2021, Cyan successfully completed a Series A investment round of just over £5 million led by Par Equity. Lead investor Par Equity is joined in this round by existing investors Mercia, Triple Point, SIS Ventures, Scottish Enterprise and the MacLeod Family Trust. This new round of funding brings Cyan’s support to date to just over £8m and will accelerate Cyan’s ambitious global growth plan over the next two years. Ian Stevenson, CEO of Cyan, said: “Our technology is already making a significant impact within…
We’re pleased to share that The US National Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), today revealed that our digital triage tool, which helps law enforcement find evidence in child abuse and counter terrorism investigations, can effectively identify child abuse materials following an assessment of the technology. The assessment builds on the UK Home Office…
Today we are announcing a new partnership with Detego Digital Forensics by MCM Solutions. This will enable our technology to enhance the capabilities of Detego Digital Forensics’ Field Triage tools, to deliver up to 100x faster digital triage in the field, allowing police forces and other agencies to more rapidly extract and analyse data from suspect devices during covert operations.
Cyan Forensics turned 4 yesterday (6 October 2020). In previous years we’ve had cake in the office, and maybe gone out for lunch or a drink after work. This year of course we are all working from home, but we still got together to celebrate the event and captured the occasion for the archive…
Yesterday, the government launched the Safer technology, safer users: The UK as a world leader in safety tech report. With more people than ever before spending time online during the pandemic, the report shows British safety tech companies are at the forefront of the global fight to keep them safe as they surf. The businesses…
At the Leeds Digital Festival yesterday, a significant leap forward in the UK’s fight against online harms was made: the Online Safety Tech Industry Association (OSTIA) was launched.
In November 2019, a group of leaders from the online safety community met in Westminster to explore challenges and opportunities in the sector. We collectively concluded that there is a need for a body that represents those creating technology for online safety.
Paul Brennan has been appointed as chair to guide Cyan Forensics through our next level of growth. Brennan offers a wealth of commercial experience helping to steer technology organisations into the international arena, with particular focus on the US and Europe. Former chair Simon Hardy will remain on the board continuing to bring with him…