Mr Hannigan has spent much of his career in national security, having recently been director of GCHQ, the UK's largest intelligence and security agency. He was also a member of the National Security Council.

Mr Hannigan has spent much of his career in national security, having recently been director of GCHQ, the UK's largest intelligence and security agency. He was also a member of the National Security Council.
Trevor Taylor and Rebecca Lucas
The initiative is clearly inspired by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, but the devil will be in the detail.
Tags: Defence, Industries and Society, Defence Spending, UK, TechnologyPaul O’Neill and Alison Gregory
This report reflects the learning from a RUSI/PA Consulting-hosted series of discussion groups on data and technology. The groups were held between June and December 2020, and featured representatives from the public sector, multiple industry sectors and academics.
Tags: Military Sciences, Conference Reports, TechnologyDuncan McCrory
Russia's investment in its electronic, cyber and information capabilities should concern NATO states.
Tags: Cyber, RUSI Journal, Russia, Information, TechnologyJamie MacColl and Sneha Dawda
An attempted cyber attack against a water treatment plant in Florida highlights endemic failures in the cyber security of the US water sector.
Tags: Cyber, Cyber Security, United States, Resilience, TechnologyTony Comer
Enigma was broken at Bletchley Park because of the Polish decision in 1939 to share all they knew. That led to a radical transformation of British signals intelligence.
Tags: UK, History, IntelligenceClaudia Wallner
The European Commission’s proposed plan to take down online terrorist content within an hour of publication seems limited in its effectiveness and risks ignoring other aspects of extremist activities online.
Tags: Terrorism and Conflict, Technology, Terrorism, EuropeTony Gillespie
Highly autonomous weapon systems require new approaches to all stages of procurement and use to ensure compliance with international law.
Tags: RUSI Journal, UK Integrated Review 2021, Law and Ethics, TechnologyDavid Crouch
David Crouch reviews Toxic: A History of Nerve Agents, From Nazi Germany to Putin’s Russia, by Dan Kaszeta.
Tags: RUSI Journal, Global Security Issues, TechnologyPatrick Bury and Michael Chertoff
Intelligence agencies need to develop their strategic intelligence capabilities.
Tags: RUSI Journal, IntelligenceTom Keatinge, Director, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at RUSI, on the need for a global financial crime strategy to counter cybercriminals following a major ransomware attack on 12...
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Cyber, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, AML/CTF, Global Security Issues, TechnologyDr Jonathan Eyal, Associate Director at RUSI examines the allegations behind Russian intelligence and President-elect Donald Trump
RUSI International, United States, Russia, IntelligenceThe Royal United Services Institute has welcomed the publication of draft legislation on investigatory powers which draws on recommendations made by RUSI earlier this year.
Cyber, Terrorism and Conflict, UK, Technology, TerrorismAfter a year of investigation and consultation, the Independent Surveillance Review has delivered its conclusions to the Prime Minister, and presents its report, ‘A Democratic Licence to Operate’ at...
Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, Terrorism and Conflict, Information, IntelligenceArtificial intelligence (AI) will play a transformative role in the twenty-first century human experience – including conflict. What role exactly remains to be seen, yet we have already had a glimpse...
Tags: Cyber, Information, Law and Ethics, TechnologyThis event will assess what role social media platforms could or should be playing within the counter-terrorist finance (CTF) architecture in place today.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Cyber, Lone-Actor Terrorism, Radicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism, Terrorism, UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, The War on Terror, Security Policy, International Responses, Domestic Security, Global Security Issues, Information, Intelligence, Law and Ethics, National Security, Technology, TerrorismFeaturing distinguished panels of academics, industrialists and practitioners, this conference will examine what needs to be done to develop CEMA as a battle-winning capability both in terms of the...
Tags: Cyber, Military Sciences
International Women’s Day: The Tasks Ahead
Diversity in the UK's Intelligence Agencies
Financing Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism