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DSEi makes me feel cheated
DSEi makes me feel cheated By Philip Ingram MBE It is September 11th and I am at DSEi in London, however, another 11thSeptember and I’m in another conflict zone, this time on a reconnaissance a few weeks before deploying for over half a year. Sitting on the back of a...
DSEi – looking an INFO OPS gift horse in the mouth
DSEi – looking an INFO OPS gift horse in the mouth by Philip Ingram MBE The bi-annual defence exhibition in London DSEi kicks off in a few days’ time and preparations have been under way at Excel in London for quite some time as the event is huge. It is recognised as...
Power Outages – An attack on our Critical National Infrastructure?
Power Outages - An attack on our Critical National Infrastructure? ****Updated 1855 hrs***** -Additional Assessment at the end. ****Further Updated 10 Aug 0845***** What I am writing is purely speculative, it is one theory and will be described by some as a bit wacky,...
INTERCEPT by Gordon Corera
a review by Philip Ingram MBE It is very rare I pick up a book and go WOW, especially when it is one talking about cyber security, digits and packets, computers and of course spying. INTERCEPT by Gordon Corera, the Security Correspondent for BBC News is in my humble...
Army restructuring a necessary start to meet current threats
** Updated** by Philip Ingram MBE I was fortunate to be invited to a very closed briefing and discussion with the British Army's Commander Field Army, Lieutenant General Ivan Jones, on Tuesday with only one other defence commentator Lincoln Jopp. We had a good 90+...
The Stena Impero, what next?
The Stena Imperio, what next? With the UK flagged tanker Stena Impero being seized by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the Strait of Hormuz, reportedly in Omani Territorial waters according to the UK Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt, what can be done next? Whatever...
Document Find, was it the GRU?
With the latest embarrassment linked to Porton Down Philip Ingram MBE asks, the document find, was it the GRU? At one-minute past midnight on 4thOctober 2018 a statement came out from the British Government saying that the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) had...
The Gulf of Oman shipping attacks, the Intelligence Game
In the streets of Tehran, for many years Israel’s Mossad, Germany’s MRD, Americas CIA, France’s DGSE and of course the UK’s MI6 with many others will have been playing the potentially deadly game of HUMINT. Human Intelligence, recruiting individuals with access to...
The Skripal Investigation, the next revelation.
The Skripal Investigation, the next revelation. On Saturday The Guardian Newspaper published a story which said: “The Russian men suspected of poisoning Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury received a phone call after returning to London on the day of the alleged...
Huawei the truth and the myth.
Huawei the truth and the myth. By Philip Ingram MBE We are hearing one name, causing news presenters angst when it comes to pronouncing it, in the press at the moment, it is that of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei. So why are government ministers interested in...
Who are the New IRA?
