Posts By: Jacob Charles

Homegrown terrorism

Jytte Klausen examines what sort of people are driven to acts of extremism and why The concept of ‘homegrown’ terrorism was born in the aftermath of the 2005 London Underground attacks and gained prominence as more terrorist incidents committed by European and North American militants in the name of the movement Bin Laden started in… Read more »

Go forth and prosper

Shahzad Ali explains how to get into and advance in the security industry This year has been truly devastating for the security industry, with statistics revealing security workers saw the highest number of deaths in the UK per 100,000 from COVID-19 in 2020. Security workers risk their lives every day to ensure the public is… Read more »

The X factor

Jason Wakefield reveals the benefits to streamlining X-ray scanner compliance When choosing a preventive maintenance contract for your X-ray scanner it’s easy to just sign up with the system manufacturer without too much thought. The time and effort invested into choosing the equipment in the first place was demanding, so why bother putting more time… Read more »

On the edge

Andrea Sorri reveals how edge analytics can be used to enhance safety and security You’ll have no doubt heard the term ‘edge computing’ (and possibly alongside it, edge analytics) and as processing power in end devices grows, so does the number of applications – especially in large-scale connected environments like smart cities.As billions of devices… Read more »

False positives

Chuck Everette explains how automation can resolve the drain on cyber security teams One of the biggest challenges in cyber security is the sheer scale of the task. Modern IT networks are highly complex, combining hundreds of components that constantly interact in different ways. This provides threat actors with a large attack surface and myriad… Read more »

Indicators of behaviour

Sam Curry and Anthony Freed offer up an orthogonal approach to early attack detection Despite all of the tremendous progress the security industry has made over the last 30-plus years, actually solving one critical problem seems to remain as elusive as ever: how do we detect and stop advanced attacks before they escalate to full-scale… Read more »

Where next?

Barbara Kelemen reports on the impact of the Taliban takeoveron Afghanistan and the wider surrounding region The US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s takeover are likely to have both geostrategic and security implications globally, although in the near term the impacts are more likely to be felt in the region. Afghanistan has changed considerably… Read more »

Supply and demand

Tim Scammell and Mark Holder explain why the supply chains that underpin Britain’s national security must be brought up to speed The development of modern-day consumer goods supply chains is one of history’s most incredible feats of human ingenuity: mind-bogglingly complex networks pull resources from across the world at incredible efficiency to provide consumers with… Read more »

Public protection

Peter Jackson reveals the importance of implementing robust security strategies to protect public venues Restrictions have finally eased off and public venues are open again following a long 15 months of intermittent lockdowns caused by the pandemic. However, the level of security in and around stadiums has been heavily criticised and questioned in recent months,… Read more »

Where are the women?

Andrea Babbs examines the acceleration of cybersecurity while exploring what can be done to create equal opportunities for all Cybersecurity is a growing industry, one that has accelerated more than ever as a result of the ongoing pandemic and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. The number of cyber attacks continues to rise,… Read more »