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 […]
Feb. 21 – Europol announced yesterday a successful joint operation with the Spanish Guardia Civil, the Lithuanian Customs Criminal Service, Polish Police Central Bureau of Investigation and law enforcement authorities from the UK. During this operation, supported by Europol, an organised crime group involved in the production of illegal cigarettes […]
Feb. 20 – US President Donald Trump appointed his ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, as the new acting director of US national intelligence. The role exists since the attacks of September 11th, 2001, and is in charge of supervising the 17 intelligence agencies, either civil and military, active in the […]
Feb. 19 – The Central Bank of Russia published an annual report on the status of the Russian banking sector. In the report, it reports that around one hundred million euros (6.4 billion roubles) were stolen in 2019 from private and corporate accounts through more than half a million cyber-attacks […]
Feb. 18 – The UK Sunday Times newspaper recently reported that the Irish Garda and military sources believe some Russian spies from the GU, the military branch of the Russian Army, were sent to Ireland to locate and monitor the undersea telecommunications cables connecting Western Europe and North America. Ireland, […]
Feb. 17 – During last weekend, the Munich Security Conference 2020 was held in Germany. It saw the participation of more than 30 heads of state, nearly 100 cabinet ministers and hundreds of senior leaders and thinkers. The main topic of the event was the “Westlessness”, i.e. the trend of […]
Feb. 11 – US inspectors general for the US Department of Defense, Department of State and Agency for International Development published this week a public, unclassified report on the US counterterrorism operations in East Africa and North and West Africa, which are aimed at degrading al Qaeda and ISIS affiliates, […]
The analyst is an essential part of the Intelligence Process. They have to do all the work that needs to be done to address the answers to your client. In the process of analysis the following axioms for analysts should be considered (Morgenstern & Jenter, 2018; Watanabe, 1997): • Believe […]
Feb. 11 – Hezbollah, a political organisation active in Lebanon and backed by Iran, had several meetings with Iraqi militia leaders in the last month after Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, head of the Quds Force, was killed in a U.S. air raid on January 3rd. The Lebanese organisation aims at coordinating […]
Feb. 07 – The Trump peace plan, announced on January 28th by US President Donald Trump in a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, is currently producing the unwanted effect of increased violence between Israel and the Palestinians in the West Bank. In the first week after the […]
Feb. 04 – EMSA, the European Maritime Safety Agency, announced today that a new information system for the Port State Control activity of the members of the Mediterranean M Memorandum of Understanding has been put into service. THETIS-Med (the new tool’s name) will be “a milestone in the EU’s efforts […]
Feb. 03 – A man was shot dead by police in London after stabbing two people in a busy street on Sunday. Police reported the man was wearing a bomb, later discovered to be a hoax. The attacker, identified as the 20-year-old Sudesh Amman, had recently been released from jail, […]
Jan. 31 – NSO Group Technologies, a spyware company based in Israel, is currently under investigation of the FBI for possible hacks to personal and governmental devices in the United States and abroad. NSO is observed since 2017 and its software is supposed to have been used to hack at […]
Jan. 28 – The Islamic Caliphate of Iraq and Syria relatively declined in 2019 due to intense online monitoring and the killing, in October, of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. After the crises occurred between the US and Iran following General Suleimani’s death in an American raid in January, the […]
Jan. 27 – Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. published last week its annual report on Cyber Security. The report shows how cybercriminals attack organizations worldwide: no matter the level of cybersecurity implemented by these organizations, the report states, none of them is immune to cyberattacks. The major techniques used were […]
Jan. 22 – The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Monday that new member states decided to support the European-led EMASOH, the European Maritime Surveillance Mission in the Strait of Hormuz proposed by France, that is now officially supported by the governments of Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Italy, the […]
Jan. 21 – Italy’s Carabinieri and Guardia di Finanza (the Italian financial police) arrested 94 people in a joint police operation last week. They are charged with stealing agricultural subsidies from the EU. The illicit revenues were gained through extortion and threats: farmers who did not accept to sell their […]
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 […]
