UK Commandos land on frozen lake during daring Arctic parachute jump

Royal Marines parachuted onto a frozen lake alongside Dutch counterparts as part of large-scale exercises alongside NATO allies in the Arctic Circle.

The elite Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS) of 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group have been honing their specialist commando skills during intensive allied training involving 20,000 troops in Northern Norway.

The SRS commandos – known as the eyes and ears of the UK’s Commando Force – jumped from a Dutch C-130 Hercules alongside Dutch Marines to mark the 50th anniversary year of the UK and Netherlands Amphibious Force.

The elite force were tasked with ‘attacking positions behind enemy lines’, providing a foothold for NATO troops involved in Exercise Joint Viking.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Vigilance; Posted On Wednesday, 22 March 2023 20:29

Six Degrees welcomes Chris Dunning-Walton to its advisory team

London, UK: Six Degrees has appointed Chris Dunning-Walton to its advisory team. Chris joined the Six Degrees advisory team on 1st January 2023.

Chris is currently CEO and Managing Partner of Sentients, a boutique international executive search firm that focuses on placing Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and other cyber leaders with FTSE 250 enterprises. He is also CEO of InfoSec People Ltd, a multi-award-winning cyber security recruitment consultancy, and the founder and director of CyNam, the UK’s largest Cyber Cluster focused on cyber tech industry development, innovation, and inclusive talent enablement in Cheltenham and Gloucestershire.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Vigilance; Posted On Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:06

LiveAction helps Bausch + Lomb gain 20/20 network visibility

Tesrex delivers successful implementation of advanced network and application performance monitoring supporting operations across 100+ sites

Palo Alto, Calif.: LiveAction, a leading global provider of network monitoring, and security software, today announced Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health company is successfully using the LiveNX platform to gain deep insights into its global network and mission critical applications to streamline troubleshooting and reduce meantime-to-repair by 70%.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Vigilance; Posted On Tuesday, 29 November 2022 21:02

QUANTUM LEAP: UK QUANTUM TECH SHOWCASES ENORMOUS PROGRESS AT INDUSTRY GET-TOGETHER

Over 1,000 delegates packed into the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on Friday 11 November to see the great technological strides made in the field of quantum technology, the so-called ‘science of the small’, at the 6^th Quantum Showcase.

The technology, considered to be in its infancy, has made remarkable progress in recent years with more and more commercial products coming to the market. With applications across sensing and metrology, computing and simulation, communication and imaging, the possibilities to develop truly game-changing solutions in sectors such as energy, space and healthcare are endless.