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  • CyberSea 2026: Cybersecurity, Community and the Black Sea

    Sophie loitering casually by some CyberSea Festival branding in the roasting sunshine. Soare, Mare, Securitate Cibernetică: Sun, Sea, Cybersecurity Reflections from the first two days in Constanța Cybersecurity conferences are often held in anonymous hotel function rooms, apparently designed to ensure that nothing distracts delegates from the PowerPoint slides or the coffee of uncertain legal…

  • BCC2025 Diary – Part 3

    Day 1 – Monday Slightly more business-oriented attire today. A little nervous, but also feeling quite confident; a curious combination – like Marmite flavoured Toothpaste (pastă de dinți cu aromă de pastă de drojdie, best I can describe it if unfamiliar with this rather peculiar British delicacy! The Marmite, that is. Not the toothpaste.) The…

  • BCC2025 Diary – Part 2

    Day 0 – Sunday Sunday is insanely busy. It’s going to be an approximately 760km round trip of over 10 hours driving. But I like a challenge. We’re heading outside the capital into less cosmopolitan territory. And one of the stops is a Catholic Cathedral (for historical rather than religious interest). So a significantly more…

  • BCC2025 Diary – Part 1

    Day -1, Saturday Early Start A long day. 0300 alarm, an hour earlier than needed for boy-mode, 0500 depart for Liverpool John Lennon Airport „Above us only sky”™️, arrive in booked parking area 0615, walk a whole 25 metres to the terminal. Luggage check-in opens shortly after, suitcase a whole 1.5 kg less than the…