Posts Tagged ‘terror’
New guidance designed to prevent commercial vehicles, including vans, lorries, buses, coaches and even cranes, from being used as weapons in acts of terrorism has been published. The standard, which has been published by the British Standards Institution (BSI) and sponsored by the Department for Transport, sets out a raft of ...
On 4 October 2018, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) levelled extraordinary accusations at Russia’s now-infamous military intelligence service, the GRU. This was an unprecedented announcement; the kind of coordinated, international response Ciaran Martin, CEO of the NCSC, had alluded to months earlier in the aftermath of the Sergei Skripal affair. The GRU had, over a period of years, waged a “reckless and indiscriminate” campaign of cyber attacks, it was alleged, and here was the proof. So ...
The evolving threat: How to defend against the new face of terror?
October 30, 2018Martin Cronin, CEO of Patriot One, is an expert in counter-terrorism, conflict resolution, and government/corporate interface. Before moving to the private sector, he was British Consul-General to Western Canada, based in Vancouver. His career includes over twenty years of experience in the field of international diplomacy with the British Government, including postings in Yemen, Jordan, Sweden, ...
Over a third of the British public want to see more armed police at Christmas markets to make them feel safer in light of recent terror events, according to new research. 36% of Brits are calling for more armed officers to patrol public events, such as Christmas markets, and 57% would ...
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