Defence Online

Closer cyber-business alignment: a strategic answer to the challenge of surging cyber-risk

Homeland June 7, 2021

Writing for Defence Online, Bharat Mistry, Technical Director at Trend Micro, examines how closer cyber-business alignment could help mitigate the cyber threat The scale and sophistication of escalating cyber-threats took many organisations by surprise over the past year. Even a defence community more cyber-savvy than most was impacted, as threat actors ...

Managing the cybersecurity risks of remote working

Homeland June 2, 2021

Writing for Defence Online, Libby Bagley, Community Manager at License Dashboard, explores the cyber threats arising from remote working. The pandemic has arguably been the greatest accelerator of digital transformation, spurring a global move to remote working, and forever altering the way we do business. However, working from home inevitably leaves an ...

Thales and Atos create JV to develop big data and AI for defence and security

Homeland May 28, 2021

Atos and Thales announce the creation of Athea, a joint venture that will develop a sovereign big data and artificial intelligence platform for public and private sector players in the defence, intelligence and internal state security communities. Athea will draw on the experience gained by both companies from the demonstration phase of the ARTEMIS programme, the big data platform of the French Ministry of Armed Forces. The contract to optimise and ...

GB sharpshooters aim for success with Dstl science

Homeland May 27, 2021

Two members of Great Britain’s Long Range Shooting Team have been given special access to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s specialist indoor firing range. The facility has a number of unique sensors and cameras that can help the team perfect their firing skills as well as refine the accuracy of ...