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RAF Chinook used to tackle Derbyshire reservoir flood

Homeland August 2, 2019

RAF Chinook has been assisting authorities in Derbyshire working to stop the reservoir flood emergency. The Chinook helicopter has been dropping aggregate into Todbrook to reduce the impact of the reservoir flood. After heavy rain, the Whaley Bridge dam has collapsed leading to an evacuation of homes in the surrounding area. Chinook ...

DASA teams up with the Bank of England to fund banknote security innovations

Homeland August 2, 2019

DASA and the Bank of England have launched a market exploration to fund new ideas for banknote security. The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) and the Bank of England have launched a market exploration to find new banknote security ideas that they can develop. The organisations will be looking for existing ...

White paper explores how the NHS can improve cybersecurity

Homeland July 31, 2019

A new whitepaper from Imperial College London discussing how the NHS can improve cybersecurity has been presented at the House of Lords. In 2017 the NHS experienced a ransomware attack which affected around 16 health service organisations across England and Scotland. The ransomware, developed by the US to exploit the CVE-2019-0708 ...

Terror threat levels changed to include all forms of terrorism

Homeland July 30, 2019

A new system to quantify terror threat levels has come into effect that aims to encompass all forms of terrorism. The changes to the terror threat levels have come after a review process into counter-terrorism following attacks in 2017. The new system will reflect the threat from all forms of terrorism, ...