Home Office call – explosives precursors
02/05/2014
The Home Office is leading a public research call seeking to identify additives to or substitutions for explosives precursors and poisons to reduce the risks…
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The challenge of police procurement – what is ADS doing about it?
15/04/2014
Police procurement has always posed challenges for the security sector. The most obvious challenge is that the customer base is very fragmented, with 43 operationally…
Improving your cyber security – the government’s ‘Cyber Essentials’ scheme
08/04/2014
This week, the government launched a ‘Cyber Essentials’ scheme. As previously noted, this scheme is the next stage on from the ’10 Steps to Cyber Security’ guidance…
New Government Security Classification Scheme goes live
02/04/2014
Today, the new Government Security Classification Scheme (GSC) goes live. As a result, the whole of government will be changing the way information (and other…
ADS input to the new UK National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UK)
31/03/2014
Later this morning, the government will launch the Computer Emergency Response Team – UK (CERT-UK). CERT-UK is the UK’s national CERT and will be a lead organisation…
‘Cyber Supplier to Government’ scheme
28/03/2014
Today, a scheme was launched that enables UK cyber security suppliers to government to be able to reference this fact publicly, for example when pursuing business…
Security innovation – tackling the new shoe bomb threat
28/02/2014
The UK’s security sector is world leading because of its constant innovation. I was reminded of this last week, when the US Department for Homeland Security…
The UK’s first Security Exports Strategy
27/02/2014
The 27 February was a significant day for the security sector, as Theresa May, the Home Secretary, launched the UK’s first Security Exports Strategy. The Strategy is…
Improving basic cyber security – the government’s draft standard
27/02/2014
The government intends to develop a ‘cyber hygiene profile’ (standard) to improve basic cyber security in organisations in any economic sector. The profile will: Offer clarity to…
Getting more out of security R&D – academics don’t just produce paper
21/02/2014
One of the big challenges in the UK’s security sector is how to make more effective use of the limited R&D funding available for national…
