CyberQ Group Headlines Birmingham Tech Week's Cyberverse Day and Secures No. 11 Downing Street Invitation

CyberQ Group was headline sponsor of Cyberverse Day at Birmingham Tech Week and its founder and CEO, Chris Woods, was invited to No. 11 Downing Street for the launch of the Scale UK Connect programme, according to EIN Presswire. The programme is designed to accelerate 200 high-growth UK enterprises generating over £2 million in turnover.

CyberQ Group's Cyberverse Day Role

CyberQ Group is a Birmingham-headquartered cybersecurity services firm founded in 2016 that provides SOC-as-a-Service, penetration testing, vCISO advisory and managed security to mid-market and enterprise customers. Woods served as master of ceremonies and event host for Cyberverse Day, introducing keynote speakers and panellists from across the national cyber and technology ecosystems. Main-stage sessions covered generative AI in defensive and offensive operations and risks within complex digital supply chains.

Throughout the week, CyberQ Group ran masterclasses from its Alpha Works headquarters with industry partners. The Zero Trust in Action session with Microsoft gave senior engineering and IT leaders blueprints for continuous identity verification, micro-segmentation and cloud workload security across hybrid infrastructures. Other sessions covered industrial and operational security with Target Integration, technical debt with RocketGX and Somerled, identity defence with DropTable, and compliance with Maor Compliance.

Woods said: "Hosting Cyberverse Day on Tuesday was an absolute privilege and one of the clearest testaments yet to the sheer depth of technological ambition here in the West Midlands."

CyberQ Group's Funding and Scale

According to akta.pro company records, CyberQ Group has raised total funding of $3.8 million, including a $1.3 million round in March 2024 led by Midlands Engine Investment Fund and a $2.5 million seed round in January 2020. The company is trusted by over 150 organisations worldwide, and its records list two funding rounds.

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CyberQ Group's Next Steps

CyberQ Group co-hosted The Cyber Social at Eastside Rooms with Midlands Cyber, HCR Law and Cyber Chain Alliance, bringing together over a hundred local security practitioners, startup founders and software engineers. The firm also spotlighted its partnership with the West Midlands Cyber & Tech Veterans Community Interest Company, which creates transition programmes into cybersecurity roles for military service leavers.