A major two day exercise set last week tested the response of the government and the emergency services to a terrorist incident set during the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.
The fallout from the UK Border Agency’s relaxation of border checks reached a head today as Theresa May announced that the UK Border agency will be split in two.
One phone call to the police could save lives: that’s the message of a new counter-terrorism publicity campaign launched by the Metropolitan Police Service.
A new system will allow employers and public authorities to access Biometric Residence Permits through an online service to help run checks on individuals where required.
An RAF engineer, whose work has resulted in a reduction of casualties from improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan, has won a prestigious engineering award.
European governments need to be more vigilant about emerging security threats such as left-wing extremism or new incarnations of al Qaeda through better sharing of intelligence, the European Union’s counter-terrorism coordinator said on Tuesday.
A new Australian study says social networking sites are being used by terrorist groups to groom vulnerable people, and the country should be limiting extremist propaganda on the internet.
The US President has abandoned a commitment to veto a new security law that allows the military to indefinitely detain without trial American terrorism suspects arrested on US soil who could then be shipped to Guantánamo Bay, reports the Guardian.
US government agencies and organisations will undertake online training on email authentication to prevent targeted email attacks. This effort is a critical part of the frontline of defence against cyber threats as outlined by President Obama and Cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt.
The piracy information-sharing infrastructure covering Asia and the Indian Ocean has been significantly enhanced with the signing of an important agreement in Singapore.
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that merchant vessels flying the red ensign will be allowed to carry armed guards for protection against acts of piracy.
Calling for action to stem the proliferation of portable surface-to-air missiles and other arms from Libya by the country’s interim authorities, regional States and other relevant Member States, the UN Security Council has authorised the Libya Sanctions Committee to propose a strategy to keep such material out of the hands of terrorists and others.
Stansted Airport has carried out a major training exercise to test emergency response to a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) incident – the first UK airport to undertake an exercise of this scale.
