The International Security Management MOOC is a learning tool developed within the ISM-KA project in line with the development of the Master and will contribute to the education of a broader audience. It will serve as a platform for baseline cultural shift for training and education in safety and security […]
Jan. 17 – Leonardo announced his new Falco Xplorer drone performed its first flight on January 15. The drone had an approximately one-hour-long flight in a dedicated area and returned safely to Trapani Air Force base. With its endurance of over 24 hours, its maximum payload of 350kg and its […]
Jan. 15 – After December 6th’s attack in the Naval Air Base of Pensacola (Florida, U.S.A.), the FBI strongly asked Apple to unlock the two attacker’s mobile phones, currently locked and encrypted, but Apple refused to help the U.S. Government unlocking the iPhones. Despite this refusal, the FBI will now […]
Jan. 14 – The German Federal Constitutional Court could think about introducing soon more limits on the activities of the BND (foreign intelligence agency) after a claim proposed by a human rights lawyer and a group of journalists. The complainants protest against a law that gives more powers to BND, […]
Dec. 18 – Leonardo UK with other Team Tempest partners demonstrated a new miniaturised digital radar warning receiver as part of a new technology development for the Tempest future combat air system (FCAS). In a laboratory demonstration for the UK Ministry of Defence, the new sensor, that is 1/10th the […]
Some new cyber-security standards and protocols drafted by the Pentagon for the defence industry will be released next month. Industry compliance will be foreseen for those standards becoming mandatory for all US armed forces contracts starting from spring 2020. Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord told reporters […]
Dec. 11, US House of representatives approved a compromise on the defence authorisation bill for the fiscal year 2020, foreseeing that the Department of Defense (DoD) has to submit a comprehensive report in order to purchase and develope new ground-launched missiles previously banned under the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) […]
Everbridge, leader company in critical event management, has been selected by Peru’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) to power the nation’s Early Warning Emergency Messaging System (“Sistema de Mensajería de Alerta Temprana de Emergencia, Sismate”). The Sismate will send critical messages to mobile phones before, during and after the […]
Dec. 6 – The interim government of Bolivia has asked Israel to support local authorities fighting radical leftist “terrorism” allegedly linked to Maduro and drug-traffickers active after former President Evo Morales resigned last month. Arturo Murillo, new Minister of the Interior, said he plans to travel to the United States […]
On next Monday, Dec. 9, Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Vladimir Putin will hold their first face-to-face meeting in Paris with mediation by the French and German leaders. It is more than three years since the countries’heads of state last met. Leaders of the two countries will try to agree a ceasefire […]
According to police report, Scotland is facing an increase of cyber crimes by 215 percent compared to the same period of the year in 2018. Deputy Chief Constable Malcolm Graham, speaking to The Harald Scotland, stressed the importance to work with other national and international law enforcement agencies, the National […]
Dec. 4. Anti-terrorism drills involving dogs have been conducted by Japanese agents to detect suspicious items, including explosives, this Wednesday at Tokyo Station as they intensify security measueres preparations for Olympic Games to be held next year. According to the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry (MLIT), body scanners have […]
Dec. 2. New regulation into effect by Sunday is requiring Chinese telecom carriers to use facial recognition of users when registering new mobile phone services. The government says that it is aimed at cracking down on fraud and it means that millions more people will be scanned with facial recognition […]
Dec. 2, Malaysia’s parliament approved at unanimity the first Defence White Paper. The document outlines two roles for the the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM). The first role is “protecting the national interest”, Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu said, while the second role is ” to carry out military operations other than […]
BELGIUM – At the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Geel, it is developed and produced a spray containing TATP as part of a test kit for aviation security inspectors, containing samples of various dangerous materials. In Brussels Airport, police have trained specialist dogs to trace minimum amounts of […]
On 14th of November, the French Government signed a three-year cybersecurity pact with Airbus, Dassault Aviation, Thales, Safran, Ariane group, MBDA, Naval Group and Nexter but financial details weren’t disclosed. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-cyber/french-government-forms-cybersecurity-pact-with-major-french-companies-idUSKBN1XO1HZ
Nov.27, Chancellor Angela Merkel said that maintaining the NATO defense alliance is of utmost importance to Germany and Europe. “Maintaining NATO today is even more in our own interests than it was in the Cold War — or at least as important as it was in the Cold War,” Merkel […]
Nov. 26, President Donald Trump during an interview said that the Mexican drug cartels will be designated as terrorist groups for their role in trafficking narcotics and people, bringing the Mexico’s foreign ministry to request meeting with U.S. State Department to address the designation. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mexico-cartels/trump-says-u-s-will-designate-mexican-drug-cartels-as-terrorists-idUSKBN1Y02NJ
Earlier this Sunday, the France’s Defence Minister announced that the command post will be operational soon in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates as the headquarters for a European-led mission to ensure safe shipping in the Persian Gulf. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-france/france-says-abu-dhabi-to-host-hq-for-european-naval-mission-for-the-gulf-idUSKBN1XY0AO
Nov. 22, Seoul made a last-minute decision to renew the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) with Japan after USA urged for renewal. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/world/asia/japan-south-korea-intelligence.html
Already in 1951, German scholar John H. Herz introduced the notion of the security dilemma to explain unwanted war through the escalation of security measures between nations. Dilemmas like this increase greatly in a VUCA world. This acronym was introduced and adopted in 1987 by the US Army War College […]
In 2004 Alex and David Bennet wrote a remarkable (and yet not widely known) book called “Survival in the New World: The Intelligent Complex Adaptive System”. It has been 15 years since it’s publication and yet the lessons of the Bennet’s are probably more relevant than ever. The authors propose […]
European Union (EU) ports are an integral part of its critical infrastructure. An attack on a major EU port, whether through physical, cyber or a combination of both, could cause mass casualties and inflict major economic harm, so it’s vital that the EU ports are properly protected. It is assessed […]
Security management is a complex subject. In simple terms it means protecting people and property – keeping people safe and protecting property and possessions. There are many different approaches and methodologies used in security management, with numerous terms and definitions. Some people tend to make the subject over-complicated but when […]
In recent years, effects of environmental issues, geopolitical changes and economic crises affecting the global society have been worsened by terrorism and its radical expansion due to the combination of growing availability of technology, expertise and means. Current scenarios reveal new types of ever increasing dynamic and aggressive threats, which […]
Despite not having a common agreed definition of terrorism, we have three elements that appear regularly in all the proposed wordings from different scholars: politics (or ideologies), fear and violence. Therefore, a simple definition would say that terrorism is a kind of violence that has political or religious based goals […]
Press release by the European Commission and the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU. Link to the original text: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_19_6049 On the beginning of October, Member States, with the support of the Commission and the European Agency for Cybersecurity published a report on the EU coordinated risk assessment […]
