Mr Hannigan has spent much of his career in national security, having recently been director of GCHQ, the UK's largest intelligence and security agency. He was also a member of the National Security Council.

Mr Hannigan has spent much of his career in national security, having recently been director of GCHQ, the UK's largest intelligence and security agency. He was also a member of the National Security Council.
Paul O’Neill and Alison Gregory
This report reflects the learning from a RUSI/PA Consulting-hosted series of discussion groups on data and technology. The groups were held between June and December 2020, and featured representatives from the public sector, multiple industry sectors and academics.
Tags: Military Sciences, Conference Reports, TechnologyDuncan McCrory
Russia's investment in its electronic, cyber and information capabilities should concern NATO states.
Tags: Cyber, RUSI Journal, Russia, Information, TechnologySneha Dawda, Ardi Janjeva and Anton Moiseienko
This paper provides targeted, long-term recommendations for stakeholders across government, law enforcement and the private sector to tackle cyber fraud.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Cyber, Cyber Security, Organised Crime and Policing, UK Integrated Review 2021, Occasional Papers, UKJames Sullivan
The UK government must learn quickly from its policy decisions around its 5G networks, and start grappling much earlier with risks posed by other emerging technologies.
Tags: Cyber Security, UK Integrated Review 2021, UK, TechnologyJamie MacColl and Sneha Dawda
An attempted cyber attack against a water treatment plant in Florida highlights endemic failures in the cyber security of the US water sector.
Tags: Cyber, Cyber Security, United States, Resilience, TechnologyTony Comer
Enigma was broken at Bletchley Park because of the Polish decision in 1939 to share all they knew. That led to a radical transformation of British signals intelligence.
Tags: UK, History, IntelligenceDuncan McCrory
Russia's investment in its electronic, cyber and information capabilities should concern NATO states.
Tags: Cyber, RUSI Journal, Russia, Information, TechnologyGill Bennett and John Scarlett
Gill Bennett and John Scarlett review How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence, by David Omand.
Tags: RUSI Journal, IntelligenceTony Gillespie
Highly autonomous weapon systems require new approaches to all stages of procurement and use to ensure compliance with international law.
Tags: RUSI Journal, UK Integrated Review 2021, Law and Ethics, TechnologyJustin Bronk, Research Fellow at RUSI outlines the current state of Russian and Chinese air defence capabilities.
Adversarial Studies, Aerospace, Military Sciences, Profession of Arms, Russia, UK, TechnologyIn this episode Karin talks to Sir John Scarlett about his career in the British Secret Intelligence Service, including his time as Chief. They discuss the collapse of the Soviet Union, 9/11 and even...
The decade after 9/11, The War on Terror, UK, Defence Policy, Intelligence, International Institutions, Terrorism, EuropeFor the first In Context podcast, RUSI Director-General Dr Karin von Hippel talks to Chris DiBona, Director of Open Source at Google. Chris has witnessed the rise of one of the biggest tech firms on...
TechnologyRUSI experts present research findings to European Parliament’s Special Committee on Terrorism.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Cyber, AML/CTF, TerrorismNew international research network to examine terrorists' use of internet technologies.
Cyber, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, Terrorism and Conflict, The Global Research Network on Terrorism and Technology, National Security, Technology, TerrorismRUSI is delighted to announce the appointment of Robert Hannigan CMG as Senior Associate Fellow.
Cyber, Intelligence, TechnologyMetropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick delivered the inaugural RUSI Annual Security Lecture.
Tags: Cyber, Organised Crime and Policing, UK, Technology, EuropeThe conference examined the opportunities and challenges involved in human-machine combat teaming for naval warfare in the future.
Tags: Military Sciences, UK, Maritime Forces, TechnologyCountering Money Laundering in an Evolving Technological Landscape
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Technology
Fighting for the soul of Western militaries
New Zealand's Indo-Pacific Recalibration
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