18 May 2020          View The Latest Issue Online          Follow Us On Twitter          View This Email Online

UK power company Elexon suffers cyber attack

Elexon, the company that plays a central role in the balancing and settlement of the UK power system, has been hit by a cyber attack.....read more

Role of digital giants should form terrorism debate

The Society of Editors (SoE) has called for the role of the digital giants to become part of the debate over how the media reports terrorism.....read more

France issues 'remove terror content or else' warning

France has approved a new law that will force tech giants to delete terrorism and paedophilia-related content from sites in as little as an hour or be exposed to fines that could total up to four per cent of global revenue.....read more

Counter terrorism tech used in US to track coronavirus cases

The US Army has revealed that it is using its anti-terrorism threat detection technology to track the spread of coronavirus across the country.....read more

Russia suggests increased terror activity in Middle East

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov has said that terrorists are now acting much more actively in the Middle East amid the coronavirus pandemic.....read more

Risk trends increasing ten times faster because of coronavirus

FEATURES

CTB Interview: The O2 and event security

Counter Terror Business (CTB) talks to Paul Williams (PW), head of Security at AEG Europe, about the difficulties in protecting event spaces like The O2, and how to achieve better event security.....read more

Security and protection of public spaces

Pilar de la Torre, project manager for the European Forum for Urban Security (Efus), discusses the forum’s PRoTECT project and the role of municipal authorities in protecting public spaces.....read more