Posts by Amy
South African Adventures.
On 29th February, we made our continental debut. In Africa. If you’re an avid fan of our CEO, Amy Stokes-Waters, on LinkedIn, you might have seen that she mentioned it more than a few times… so here’s how the day panned out… As part of an afternoon of activities, organised by the teams at CISO…
Read MoreLMA: There’s Nothing Artificial About Intelligence
On 20th February, we had the absolute honour of pulling together an event for the CISO community within the Lloyd’s Market Association group of companies. This brilliant group of businesses comes together once a quarter to discuss best practice, learn about new industry trends, and network with peers to enable improvements across the security landscape…
Read MoreInterview: London CyberSec 2024.
Recently, our CEO was invited to participate in a roundtable discussion on diversity in cybersecurity as part of the London CyberSec 2024 conference hosted by Executive Partner Networks. As an ardent advocate for diversity and equality within the industry, Amy was delighted to be asked to lead the discussion, which covered a variety of topics…
Read MoreLeading Cyber Ladies.
On Thursday 8th February, we had our head in the clouds (quite literally) at Europe’s highest office with the brilliant team from Leading Cyber Ladies. Our CEO, Amy, was invited to be part of one of their quarterly in-person meet ups, featuring a panel all about personal branding. If you know Amy, you’ll know personal…
Read MoreSecurity is Everyone’s Issue.
We’ve recently seen some rhetoric stating that security is NOT everyone’s issue and that we should be looking at our security teams to protect us. We disagree. A lot. So we thought we’d lay out some thoughts about why security is everyone’s issue and how we can support our people with becoming more security savvy.…
Read MoreWe Had A Ball.
Ok, so we just wanted another excuse to show off some of the photos we took at this year’s White Hat Ball. Our amazing board member, Phil, managed to bag us a table and we took a group of 10 bloody brilliant buddies along with us to the event to drink, dance, and discuss how…
Read MoreA++ from National Trading Standards.
We’ve worked with some pretty big names since relaunching just over three months ago. And who could give us a better recommendation that National Trading Standards. That’s right, we lent them some of our escape room boxes, and didn’t get sued for mis-selling services. In fact, quite the opposite! Wahey! Their eCrime team borrowed three…
Read MoreInterview: Founders Podcast.
Our CEO, Amy, had the BEST time with Ash L on the Odd Circles podcast, talking through her journey as a founder and how she’s built up Esc – The Cyber Escape Room Co. over the last few months. Check out the full video here 👇
Read MoreChelmsford City Council Love Us. Obvs.
We had the absolute pleasure of working with Chelmsford City Council last year and it was brilliant to engage with the wider team to deliver an exciting on-site day full of interactive entertainment. We clearly made an impression as Chelmsford’s Head of Digital, Michael Sage, gave us this VERY nice testimonial. Chelmsford City Council have…
Read MoreUsers Are The Weakest Link.
i’m fucking kidding. obviously. I would never say this. Except in jest. But why is it that as an industry, we’re so obsessed with this trope?! We wheel it out every time there’s a cyber attack. A “sophisticated” cyber attack. You know, the ones where someone got phished and it brought the whole business to…
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