Monthly Archives: September 2024

MOD Fights Back

Gary Barlet explains why it’s wartime against cyber criminals for the Ministry of Defence As a Western economic, political and military powerhouse, the UK has always been a common target for cyber warfare from nation-state adversaries and cyber criminals. Over the last five years, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has experienced a 400 percent increase… Read more »

Radicalising And Recruitment

Stuart Macdonald and David Wells reveal how AI is being employed to fuel terrorism The past two years have witnessed growing concerns about the risks of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies being exploited by a range of malicious actors, including terrorists, with early attempts by terrorists and violent extremists to experiment with generative AI already… Read more »

Design For Life

Paula Balmori considers how close we are to ‘security by design’ Planning, designing and constructing a building without thought to heating, lighting and other amenities would be seen as madness. No serious building planner would wait until after construction and then say: “now we need to decide where the elevators should go.”And yet, until recently,… Read more »

Joined-up Thinking

Guy Neale navigates the nuances of a secure future – outlining five major paradoxes From international conflicts to borderless crimes, evolving threats paint a challenging picture for national security. Not a day goes by without new headlines on escalating global tensions or discussions around nations’ defence policies. We currently stand at a crossroads of national… Read more »

Held To Ransom

Christian Have examines the correct way to fight back when responding to ransomware Law enforcement efforts against ransomware have seen the takedown of major players such as QakBot and BlackCat/AlphV last year followed by the LockBit group in Operation Cronos and the Volt Typhoon botnet in February. But while this has disrupted operations and seen… Read more »

Rising Confidence

Anthony Young assesses the cyber security risks to the UK’s critical national infrastructure As cyber threats become more frequent and sophisticated, many of the UK’s critical national infrastructure (CNI) organisations are adopting best-practice approaches and growing more confident in their defences. These findings are drawn from recent Bridewell research, which surveyed 521 senior cyber security… Read more »

A New Chapter

Danny Kadyshevitch explains how Generative AI has democratised fraud and cyber crime AI and its transformative potential are on everyone’s mind. The generative AI services that have been released in recent years have sparked a seemingly transformative wave of conversation about what this could mean for the very future of humankind. The release of ChatGPT… Read more »