{"id":11580,"date":"2018-11-19T11:32:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T11:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=11580"},"modified":"2018-11-19T11:32:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T11:32:43","slug":"london-opens-cybersecurity-advancement-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/london-opens-cybersecurity-advancement-center\/","title":{"rendered":"London opens cybersecurity advancement center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement (LORCA) has opened in East London. The center, which will be run by the technology innovation center Plexal, was opened with the intentions of helping cybersecurity startups in the United Kingdom grow and establishing the country as a global leader in combatting online threats. Specifically, the center will work with those that specialize in artificial intelligence, augmented reality and the internet of things. For FinTechs and financial institutions, this means that the expertise of LORCA can be put to use in order to ensure that FinTech services are secure and come with minimal cyber-risks.<\/p>\n<p>Experts lauded the opening of the center, noting that, because Britain&#8217;s future prosperity is likely to be based on digital technology, expanding the cybersecurity sector now is critical.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-11580 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Kenyan group in talks with Ethiopian banks on mobile payments'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/kenyan-group-in-talks-with-ethiopian-banks-on-mobile-payments\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/kenyan-group-in-talks-with-ethiopian-banks-on-mobile-payments-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-10828\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-10828'>\n\t\t\t\tKenyan group in talks with Ethiopian banks on mobile payments\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Infographic: COVID-19 pushing the faster adoption of digital payments'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/infographic-covid-19-pushing-the-faster-adoption-of-digital-payments\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/fig02-covid-19-tipping-point-for-digital-payments1-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-15204\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-15204'>\n\t\t\t\tInfographic: COVID-19 pushing the faster adoption of digital payments\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Russia debates the personal nature of Big Data'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/russia-debates-the-personal-nature-of-big-data\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/russia-debates-the-personal-nature-of-big-data-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-13893\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-13893'>\n\t\t\t\tRussia debates the personal nature of Big Data\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement (LORCA) has opened in East London. The center, which will be run by the technology innovation center Plexal, was opened with the intentions of helping cybersecurity startups in the United Kingdom grow and establishing the country as a global leader in combatting online threats. Specifically, the center will &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,292],"tags":[80,184,75,335],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11580"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11719,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11580\/revisions\/11719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}