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Exterro partners with Blue Lights Digital to extend its digital forensics and incident response offering in the public sector

Police forces, military and government agencies to benefit from the next generation of digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) technologies

London, U.K.: Exterro has announced its partnership with Blue Lights Digital (BLD), a leading investigation and intelligence capacity building company. The partnership will further extend Exterro’s reach into the UK public services sector and deepen BLD’s digital forensics offering, opening up new markets and furthering their joint mission to deliver next generation digital forensic technology.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Tuesday, 08 March 2022 14:05

Royal Navy and RAF sharpen submarine hunting skills in major NATO exercise

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The UK’s anti-submarine forces took their skills to the next level during the largest workout in the Mediterranean.

For the first time two RAF Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft from CXX Squadron based at RAF Lossiemouth joined the Royal Navy for NATO’s Dynamic Manta, two weeks of cutting-edge tech and training involving seven Allied nations in the vanguard of underwater warfare.

In service since 2020, the Poseidon MRA1 has concentrated its training and operations in waters around the UK to date.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence; Posted On Monday, 07 March 2022 17:55

Sodexo’s report forms part of its Appetite for Action campaign to support the reduction of food waste and carbon emissions in food services

Photos credit: SODEXO

Monday 7 March marks the start of Food Waste Action Week, a highlight of WRAP’s Love Food Hate Waste campaign, which aims to create lasting change that helps to deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goal of halving global food waste by 2030. As an organisation that produces millions of meals every year, Sodexo – a sponsor of Food Waste Action Week – sees the prevention of food waste as an area ripe for tackling, and one which presents multiple opportunities to innovate.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Monday, 07 March 2022 17:49

Brent and Merton councils struck by five successful ransomware attacks

London: Brent and Merton councils have disclosed that they were struck by a combined five successful ransomware attacks since 2016 amidst rising ransomware threats in the United Kingdom.

The information, contained in the Digital Government: A Secret Future report by the Parliament Street think tank, revealed the number of successful ransomware attacks, the downtime caused, and details of the ransom, over the past five years, obtained via the Freedom of Information Act (FOI).