Sunday 01/02/2026

Covering the UK’s China reset, U.S. homeland security funding disruption, Iran and regional force posture, ongoing insurgency impacts in Africa, Russia–Ukraine infrastructure targeting, and the latest cyber risk assessments highlighting geopolitics as a primary driver of digital threat.

Ethics in security isn’t a nice-to-have - it’s the line between protecting people and becoming a risk ourselves. Eva reflects on how ethical boundaries are tested under pressure, why “legal” doesn’t always mean “right”, and how trust, dignity, and accountability have to stay at the centre of decision-making in an increasingly volatile world.

Sunday 25/01/2026

This week gave us the "Carney Doctrine" at Davos, the lethal escalation of ICE tactics in Minneapolis, and the aviation lockdown in the Middle East. The global risk landscape is shifting in real-time. From the industrialisation of intelligence to the erosion of digital sovereignty, the architecture of power is being rewritten.

Sunday 18/01/2026

In a week defined by the "Boardroom State" in Gaza, the military standoff in Greenland, and Museveni’s "kill-switch" victory in Uganda, the global risk landscape is shifting in real-time. We provide a pragmatic analysis of the top stories currently rewriting the security playbook for 2026.

Sunday 11/01/2026

In a week defined by the U.S. extraction of Maduro, the formalisation of China’s "Electrostate" mandates, and the continued erosion of order in the West Bank and Iran, the global risk landscape is shifting in real-time. We provide a pragmatic analysis of the top stories currently rewriting the security playbook for 2026.

As deepfake-enabled fraud becomes more automated, scalable, and sophisticated, organisations are being forced to rethink how they approach trust, verification, and human risk. In this Security Trends for 2026 Q&A, Aarti Samani examines why deepfakes are no longer a niche technology threat, how social engineering and broken processes are being exploited at scale, and what real resilience looks like in an era of autonomous fraud.