Lancaster University stories
Mindgard appoints industry veterans to lead AI security expansion
Wed, 23rd Jul 2025
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Mindgard appoints cybersecurity veteran Aaron Portnoy and SaaS leader Tom Axbey to spearhead its AI security expansion and offensive testing efforts.
Mindgard secures $8m to expand AI security solutions and market reach
Sun, 5th Jan 2025
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Mindgard, a UK startup focused on AI security, has raised $8 million in seed funding to boost R&D and expand into the US market.
Mindgard reveals vulnerabilities in Azure AI content safety
Thu, 31st Oct 2024
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Mindgard has uncovered serious security flaws in Microsoft's Azure AI Content Safety Service, enabling potential attacks to undermine its security measures.
Purple Transform secures GBP £4.5m to expand AI analytics reach
Thu, 19th Sep 2024
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Purple Transform raises GBP £4.5 million to expand AI data analytics in the West Midlands, led by Mercia Ventures. The funding will support new sectors and job creation.
Mindgard wins UK's Most Innovative Cyber SME award for 2024
Thu, 6th Jun 2024
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Mindgard, an AI-focused cyber security startup, wins UK's Most Innovative Cyber SME 2024 at Infosecurity Europe for its groundbreaking AI Security Labs platform.
UK releases new reports to enhance AI cyber security measures
Tue, 21st May 2024
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The UK government launches a new set of AI cyber security reports, featuring major contributions from startup Mindgard, to address emerging cyber threats.
Cisco bolsters Project SAIVE to prevent railway suicides
Fri, 29th Mar 2024
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Tech giant Cisco is uniting with Purple Transform to advance Project SAIVE, an initiative employing AI tech to identify and aid individuals at risk of suicide on railways.
Mindgard unveils tool to assess cyber risk in AI systems
Fri, 9th Feb 2024
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AI cybersecurity leader Mindgard debuts free tool, AI Security Labs, to aid engineers in assessing cyber risks to AI systems.
Lancaster varsity to commercialise computer memory Ultraram
Tue, 11th Apr 2023
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Invented by Professor Manus Hayne, who teaches Physics at Lancaster University, Ultraram is a novel type of memory with extraordinary properties.