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DIO carries out tree-felling to prevent spread of ash disease on Salisbury Plain

Homeland January 23, 2020

DIO has been working with Landmarc Support Services to enact a tree-felling plan to prevent a fungus spreading to ash trees on Salisbury Plain. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) will begin a tree-felling scheme alongside Landmarc Support Services to prevent the further spread of Ash Dieback, a fungal disease affecting ash ...

DIO begins open consultation for RAF Halton

Homeland January 23, 2020

DIO has begun an open consultation on the future of RAF Halton with a vision to create a sustainable, mixed-use development. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has revealed its vision for RAF Halton and started an open consultation to create the modern, mixed-use estate. In 2016 the Ministry of Defence (MOD) ...

Windows 7 users advised to be vigilant against cyber security risks

Homeland January 21, 2020

Positive Technologies have released advice on maintaining cyber security following Microsoft’s decision to stop Windows 7 support. Cyber Security Resilience Lead at Positive Technologies, Leigh-Anne Galloway, has spoken about how Windows 7 users can ensure they are maintaining cyber security without updates. Microsoft has stopped support for Windows 7 which means ...

Radware survey finds more companies are reporting attacks by nation-state hackers

Homeland January 20, 2020

A new report from Radware has revealed a 42% increase in companies reporting cyber attacks by nation-state hackers. Radware found an increase in companies reporting cyber attacks by nation-state hackers in its 2019 Global Application & Network Security Report as well as many participants expressing concern over IoT and 5G. The ...