Homeland Security

UK prime minister Keir Starmer and defence secretary John Healey visits HMS Glasgow, as the government unveils its defence spending plans,. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street

UK government defence review pledges to ‘accelerate innovation to a wartime pace’

The UK will move its armed forces onto a warfighting readiness and accelerate innovation as the government sets out plans to boost national security. Setting out a Strategic Defence Review […]

UK prime minister pledges ‘defence dividend’ from highest spend since Cold War 

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK government will cultivate what he called a nationwide “defence dividend” that will boost job creation and opportunity as a result of the country’s […]
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US homeland security department has hiring surge in its sights as new bill gains support

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could be set to increase its headcount after years of understaffing at ports of entry if a new bipartisan bill is passed. Under […]
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Hong Kong civil service applicants to be quizzed on national security law

Applicants to civil service jobs in Hong Kong will be required to pass a new test on the city’s mini-constitution and controversial national security law, starting from mid-2022. The national […]

Afghan exit will fuel terrorism worldwide, says former UK cabinet secretary

The withdrawal of NATO-led troops from Afghanistan was “an act of strategic self-harm” that will fuel terrorism, former UK national security adviser Mark Sedwill has warned. The move has strengthened […]

Treat pandemic preparedness as a national security issue, says former UK PM Tony Blair

Governments must treat future pandemic preparedness as a “national security” issue, developing shared systems for identifying mutations and new viruses, former UK prime minister Tony Blair said last Friday. While […]

D&B Investigate™: Unleash Data and Collaboration

Boost collaboration so cases are easier to close See how D&B Investigate helps agents research, analyze, and connect on companies of interest Today’s investigators often face limited resources, multiple demands, […]

The Defence and Security Accelerator: finding innovation for a safer UK

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) finds and funds exploitable innovation to support UK defence and security quickly and effectively. DASA links the Armed Forces, Government departments and security organisations […]

Use your intelligence: former UK spy chief on good decisions and poor information

These days, the public discourse is awash with fake news; but intelligence operatives have always worked in an environment of uncertainty and incomplete data. At a lecture last week, former […]

US justice department strikes out election race ban on voter fraud probes

Federal prosecutors at the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have been given the green light to publicly discuss investigations into voting fraud in the run-up to the US presidential election, […]