Thursday, 12 March 2026

2025 Predictions from Dan Lattimer, Area VP, Semperis:

AI buzzword bingo

Artificial Intelligence (AI) will keep being talked about in 2025. However, a lot of it is buzzword bingo as the technology is not necessarily being used in a meaningful way - yet. While we are seeing cybercriminals increasingly trying to harness AI, many of those attacks will still be basic and clunky. And sadly, with everyone talking about AI, there is a risk that some of its really exciting applications will get lost in the general noise.

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Poole, UK: Integrated Access Control and Security manufacturer TDSi has announced that its Managing Director, John Davies, will retire from his role at the end of 2024. TDSi's existing senior team will continue to operate the business as usual under the leadership of Thibaut Galland, Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the United Kingdom at TDSi's parent organisation, Vitaprotech.

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  • More demand: range of applications is growing - from batteries to blockchain
  • More uniformity: European laws should be harmonised
  • More sustainability: Green production is a long but successful journey

Frankfurt/M: Battery fires, the confusing array of European regulations, digital protection of valuables: at the ESSA's General Assembly, safe and security experts from around the world addressed a wide range of security topics. The association had organised workshops, keynote speeches and presentations for this purpose. Managing Director Falko Adomat welcomed around 140 participants to the meeting in the German city in November. He presented this year's ESSA International Leadership Award to Josef Reingen. The safe expert, who is world-renowned in the industry, has been supporting and promoting the ESSA for over 40 years since 1977, helping it to become a leading international association for the physical security industry.

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Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General

  • Government chose to dispense with some established processes to acquire the Northeye site for asylum accommodation at pace, leading to increased costs.
  • Home Office lacked in-house expertise to quality assure decisions during purchase of the site.
  • Northeye site was ultimately deemed unfit for its intended purpose due to contamination.

The Home Office’s quick acquisition of a new site for asylum accommodation, to meet government’s priority at the time to end the use of hotels for that purpose, led to it cutting corners and paying more than it needed to, according to a new National Audit Office (NAO) report.1,2

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  1. Rapid7 Wins ‘Security Vendor of the Year’ at CRN Channel Awards 2024
  2. The Governments of the Five Eyes Alliance Recommend Purple Knight for Active Directory Risk & Vulnerability Assessment
  3. Hack The Box Continues Company Growth With Revolutionary AI-powered Tabletops
  4. TDSi Announces its New Installer Training at Harper Chalice HQ in Coventry
  5. One in Eight Brits Have Had an Online Account Breached
  6. Other World Computing (OWC) Announces Full Compatibility of Thunderbolt, Storage, and USB-C Solutions with Apple’s Latest iMac with M4
  7. Efforts to counter Russia continues unwaveringly!
  8. Guarding Your Company from Cybersecurity Risks
  9. UK and US carrier groups flex muscles in North Sea as major exercise ends
  10. Espria warns of increased cyber threats ahead of the U.S. election and urges businesses to prioritise security orchestration
  11. Mindgard detects security vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Azure AI system filters
  12. It’s Now or Never: Why Israel Must Defang Iran
  13. Survey highlights growing concerns over SaaS data protection amid regulatory complexities
  14. UK Consumer Security Survey Reveals Highest Demand for Mobile App Security in Four Years
  15. The success of the NHS’s 10-year digitalisation strategy hinges on adequate security measures, says OmniIndex



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