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Management of Cyber Security in Defence Supply Chains
Trevor Taylor and Rebecca LucasRUSI Newsbrief, 24 April 2020
Cyber, Cyber Security, Defence, Industries and Society, UK Integrated Review 2021, United States, UK, Defence Management, Technology
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Professorial Research Fellow, Defence, Industries and Society
Trevor Taylor is Professorial Research Fellow in Defence Management at RUSI, where he heads up a research programme in Defence,... read more
Rebecca Lucus no longer works for RUSI.
Whilst at RUSI Rebecca Lucas was a Research Analyst in Cyber Threats and... read more
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