Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), the world-leading event that brings together the global defence and security sector to innovate and share knowledge, returns to London ExCeL on 12-15 September 2017. Here, defence features writer Robert Atherton looks at the launch of the dedicated Innovation Hub, hosted by the Defence ...
The UK and Japan have agreed to work more closely together to tackle issues of cyber security, counter-terrorism and defence. The announcement is timely, given the unprecedented threat currently posed by North Korea. Japan is already the UK’s closest ally in Asia, but the Prime Minister, Theresa May, feels that increased ...
New technology trends bring with them excitement, but also complexity and confusion for agencies who already have enough on their plate to worry about. Bring your own application (BYOA), virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and software-defined networking (SDN) may promise great things, but they are also exposing the network vulnerabilities of government ...
Professor Jackie Akhavan and Dr Laura Cleary of Cranfield University’s School of Defence and Security have both been shortlisted for this year’s Women in Defence UK Awards. Cranfield is the only university to have staff shortlisted alongside military personnel and civil service and industry specialists. Professor Akhavan has been shortlisted for ...