Defence Online

High Court hearing finds use of facial recognition technology lawful

Homeland September 13, 2019

The High Court has ruled in favour of the South Wales Police to allow the continued use of Automated Facial Recognition (AFR) – the controversial technology which enables mass crowd surveillance, in response to a judicial review held in May by local man, Ed Bridges. This comes as police forces across ...

Call for strategic approach as police rolls out facial recognition technology

Homeland August 15, 2019

South Wales Police have confirmed their intention to use facial recognition technology – rolling the application out to 50 police officers for an initial three-month trial. This introduction comes at a time when the effectiveness of facial recognition technology is still being challenged in court.  Despite the decision by the Prime ...

CCS eases way into government supply

Homeland July 12, 2017

In order to help the Government meet its target of having a third of spend with SMEs, the Crown Commercial Service is making it easier than ever for companies to supply to government through the launch of a new, simplified tender pack. CCS has been working with partners including the CBI, Federation ...

Cyber security in defence supply

July 11, 2017

Cyber security is once again on the front pages and tops the list of security concerns following another round of high-profile attacks. With the sector experiencing exponential growth, and the technology falling into every area of industry, business, finance, health, government, and personal sectors, cyber security underpins the continued development of ...