Monthly Archives: August 2024

Al Prescott explores the role of penetration testing in close protection and protective security A penetration test within the close protection environment should seek to challenge the physical and online spaces. It should generate opportunities for an attacker to exploit and seek to expose the principal to physical and reputational harm. Penetration testing can be… Read more »

Ellie Gibson outlines the steps to creating effective security solutions for campus security University for many students is their first taste of independence and living alone, and as a result they are at their most vulnerable. Students have often never had to think about their own security, instead relying on parents or guardians. Moving to… Read more »

Jeanne McKinney reveals how battles of the past can help win future wars against terror At the core of every great battle are great lessons. In these days of expanding terror, the world is plagued with over 60 terror groups, designated by the US State Department. A study of the battles during the War on… Read more »

David Atkinson outlines how to combat SOC alert fatigue Cyber security tools have become crucial in the arsenal against digital threats, diligently monitoring user behaviour, network traffic, and system operations to spot and mitigate risks before they turn into major incidents. However, the myth of ‘the more, the better’ persists across organisations, leading to a… Read more »

Lewis Shields navigates the global threats to democracy in a historic election year In this historic year for elections globally, cyber security threats are front and centre of political discourse, with malicious actors – ranging from hostile nation states, to politically motivated cyber criminals and online trolls – likely seeking to influence the outcomes across… Read more »

Matthew Ratsey maps out the future of autonomy in the sea With its projected value of £3.2-billion by 2050, it’s easy to see why the ‘blue economy’ – encompassing so many industries – is spawning a race to deliver smarter, safer and more efficient ways to monitor and understand our oceans. Fuelled by the drive… Read more »

Paul D Turner reveals the significance of ‘Merging-Emerging’ TSCM Technologies Understanding the importance of ‘merging’ currently available innovation, developing technology, recent scientific discovery, powerful new ideas and concepts, and fresh methodology are essential in their own right. However, unfortunately it is less considered the need to merge not only the well-established and accepted concepts, but… Read more »

Neil Roseman outlines the new popularity of AI applications and the vulnerabilities within them Let’s start with a basic and unfortunate truth about security: innovation brings risks. It seems like the whole world has been seized with AI fever over the last year. It’s already revolutionising a variety of fields – enabling greater productivity and… Read more »