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Securitas appoints Alan Rae as Area Director for UK North and BAE Systems

Expanded role strengthens regional leadership across Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland while retaining strategic oversight of Securitas’ partnership with BAE Systems

Securitas UK has announced the appointment of Alan Rae to the newly created and expanded role of Area Director for UK North and BAE Systems.

Effective immediately, Alan will continue to lead the company’s strategic partnership with BAE Systems while also taking responsibility for the multi-client branch network across the North of the UK.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Thursday, 23 April 2026 17:27

SANS Institute, CSA release emergency AI Vulnerability Storm

SANS Institute, Cloud Security Alliance, [un]prompted, and OWASP GenAI Security Project release emergency strategy briefing as AI‑driven vulnerability discovery compresses exploit timelines from weeks to hours

“The AI Vulnerability Storm: Building a Mythos‑Ready Security Program” delivers a risk register, 11 priority actions, and board briefing framework built by 60+ contributors and reviewed by 250+ CISOs in a single weekend

LONDON, UK: SANS Institute and the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), alongside [un]prompted and the OWASP GenAI Security Project have released “The AI Vulnerability Storm: Building a Mythos‑Ready Security Program,” a free strategy briefing that gives CISOs and security leaders an actionable framework for responding to the accelerating pace of AI‑driven vulnerability discovery and exploitation.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Thursday, 16 April 2026 23:46

ASG Expands Partnership with Ashdown Phillips Across Ashby Capital Portfolio

Assist Security Group (ASG) has expanded its partnership with Ashdown Phillips, one of the UK's leading independent property management companies, to provide physical security across four properties within the Ashby Capital portfolio.

The four sites are The JJ Mack Building, The Avenue, The Kensington Building, and Kensington Arcade. The contract commenced on 1st April 2026, marking another significant step in a partnership that continues to go from strength to strength.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; Industry News; Posted On Thursday, 16 April 2026 23:37

Four European tech companies unveil Europe’s first fully sovereign disaster recovery pack at the European Data Summit

Demand for sovereign European solutions is rising, but a key gap remains: no single integrated stack for specific use cases. Cubbit, SUSE, Elemento Cloud, and StorPool Storage now close that gap with a unified stack built for resilience and data control.

Berlin, Germany: At the European Data Summit of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation in Berlin, Cubbit, SUSE, Elemento Cloud, and StorPool Storage unveiled Europe’s first fully sovereign disaster recovery pack. The system is designed to guarantee business continuity for organisations in the face of uncontrollable catastrophic external events, including a potential foreign vendor kill-switch. It also safeguards European enterprises’ data and operations while protecting them from dependencies on foreign technology infrastructure.