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.
Anton Moiseienko and Tom Keatinge
By measuring the measurable – rather than lamenting the immeasurability of the immeasurable – the lower bounds of the scale of money laundering in the UK can be established.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Briefing Papers, IntelligenceFlorence Keen
Notwithstanding inherent differences between the counterterrorist financing regime and the regulatory regime governing communication service providers, there are clear benefits in taking lessons learnt from longstanding efforts on terrorist financing into account when developing a response to the online terrorist threat.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, The Global Research Network on Terrorism and Technology, Tackling Extremism, Other Publications, AML/CTF, Information, Technology, TerrorismTom Ascott
Western governments are shedding their inhibitions about naming and shaming states suspected of infiltrating their critical national infrastructure. This is a good step, but should be just the beginning.
Tags: Cyber, UK, Intelligence, Technology, EuropeThe use of the sea remains fundamental to international security. At a time of increasing public spending constraints, what is the significance of naval force – and of the Royal Navy in particular – in supporting national and international defence and security.
Tags: Defence Policy, Maritime Forces, Technology, EuropeThe Obama Administration has outlined a refocusing of the United States missile defence plans, revising the approach previously taken by the Bush White House. Central to the plan is the deployment of more mobile systems that could assuage the once sceptical Russians.
Tags: Aerospace, Americas, Defence Policy, Technology, EuropeThe Binyam Mohamed case has turned a spotlight on the workings of intelligence agencies and highlighted problems with their oversight by the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC).
Tags: Domestic Security, Intelligence, EuropeBrazil’s strong response to the alleged spying practices of the US reveals more about the difficulties experienced in developing its own intelligence services than about the country’s long-term relationship with the US (Free access)
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, Domestic Security, IntelligenceThe establishment of the National Crime Agency and a new strategy in October reflects the UK government’s determination to get a grip on the evolving problem of organised crime (Free access)
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, Domestic Security, Intelligence, Organised CrimeThe failure of the recent Bulava missile test points to a deeper lassitude within Putin’s Russia: that of a managerial culture ill-suited to cutting-edge, technological development
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, Defence Policy, Technology
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