Defence Online

Getting cybersecurity right in the age of remote work

Homeland August 30, 2021

Writing for Defence Online, Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds, examines the cybersecurity challenges of remote working.  The pandemic led to a seismic change in working patterns with a near overnight shift to remote work. This shift has created significant cybersecurity challenges for organisations and employers in almost every sector as ...

The Three Pillars of Effective Automation

Homeland July 19, 2021

Writing for Defence Online, Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds, examines how businesses can make the best use of automative processes.  Most IT professionals across the defence sector will be familiar with the role of automation as a mainstay of technology strategy for many years. What’s changed recently, however, is the ...

Innovation Meets Tradition: How to Balance the Old and New in Defence Technology

Homeland December 9, 2019

Writing for Defence Online, Sascha Giese, Head Geek™, SolarWinds looks at finding ways to balance old and new IT systems while working towards the latest Defence Technology Framework (DTF) and Defence Innovation Priorities (DIP). Technology in the defence sector is secretive, and for good reason. The forces defending the UK and ...

Winning in Combat: Strong, innovative systems are the key to leveraging the information advantage

July 17, 2019

Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at software company SolarWinds, takes a look at how the advent of the digital age is transforming  defence both on the battlefield and in the cyber realm.  Information wins battles, or even prevents them. This is nothing new; where there’s conflict, there’s military intelligence, and usually those who hold the most information are the most successful. Rule 101 of winning in ...