ICANN FY27 Middle East Regional Implementation Plan Published

This week at UoM: 🗺️ Plenty of conversations about 3 year plan with colleagues across UoM, including finalising papers for some key groups 😀 Great session on our secure research plans, with constructive feedback from a key governance group 💰 One eye on year end, making sure we deliver on our commitments on time (feels very strange doing this in July rather than March) 🧠 Great catch up and brain share with John Couzins , CISO at Lancaster University 😍 Movement on ID Vault blockers, some really solid options appraisals on key decisions in the broader identity programme and finalising board papers

🇪🇺 Plenary III - Strengthening digital resilience: from word to deeds In recent years, the importance of European digital resilience against non-European tech actors has increased. The third Plenary of the dfi's Annual Conference focused on how to achieve and strengthen this digital resilience. In this video Eileen Keller summarized the key topics of the Plenary she moderated.

We're pleased to be participating in this year's WSIS+20 Event next week in Geneva! Join us for Advancing WSIS Action Lines C1–C6: Emerging Trends, Global Priorities, and Roadmaps for Implementation. 🗓️ Tuesday | 11:00–11:45 📍Session 185 – Room A (Tower), Podium 5 Organised by the RIPE NCC and chaired by Desiree Miloshevic Evans, President of the Internet Society Serbia Chapter and Chair of the RIPE Cooperation Working Group, the workshop will feature RIPE NCC Chief Community Officer Hisham Ibrahim alongside experts from the ITU, government, academia, and civil society to discuss the future of WSIS implementation. Together, the panel will explore: 🌐 Emerging digital trends shaping WSIS Action Lines C1–C6 🌐 Digital governance, meaningful connectivity, cybersecurity, capacity building, and enabling policy environments 🌐 Translating global priorities into practical roadmaps for implementation while strengthening alignment with broader digital cooperation processes, including the Global Digital Compact The discussion brings together diverse stakeholders to help shape the next phase of inclusive, resilient, and development-oriented digital cooperation. We look forward to seeing you in Geneva! 🇨🇭

Where is the investigator industry meeting next? Right now, there are 33 upcoming events across 20+ countries on Investigator Events. From major international conferences to regional meetings, our goal is simple: make it easier to discover events, reduce date clashes, and help investigators around the world stay connected. Upcoming events include: • NCISS 50th Anniversary Conference – Nashville 🇺🇸 • WAD Conference 2026 – Cannes 🇫🇷 • ASIS SASCON 2026 – Cape Town 🇿🇦 • ACFE Asia-Pacific Conference – Hong Kong 🇭🇰 • CII AGM 2026 – Prague 🇨🇿 …alongside 70+ events from 50+ associations worldwide. If you’re organising an upcoming conference, meeting or training event, we’d love to feature it on the platform. We’re also continuing to roll out new features, including custom videos for event and association pages to help showcase your organisation to the global investigator community. 📩 Get in touch if you’d like to have your event featured or learn more. Every investigator event. One global calendar. National Council of Investigation and Security Services (NCISS) World Association of Detectives ASIS International Council of International Investigators (CII) Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)

There’s something powerful about being in a room filled with professionals who share the same mission but bring different perspectives. It was a privilege to interact and learn from industry peers across every facet of the security profession during the Sub-Saharan Africa Security Conference (SASCON) 2026. As a member of the ASIS International Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Board (SSARB), I was especially proud to witness the incredible work of the Local Organizing Committee. Their commitment, professionalism and attention to detail made SASCON 2026 an outstanding platform for knowledge exchange, regional collaboration and practical discussions on the evolving security challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa. Now the real work begins — turning the insights, connections and conversations from SASCON 2026 into meaningful action that strengthens our organizations, our communities and the security profession across Africa. ASIS Kenya Chapter Eva Nolle, CPP®, PCI®, CFE ASIS WIS Kenya Chapter #SASCON2026 #ASISInternational #SecurityLeadership #SecurityProfessionals #RiskManagement #Collaboration #ProfessionalDevelopment #SecurityInnovation

Great to see ACP’s Greater Houston Chapter putting this together. For anyone in business continuity, crisis management, emergency management, or resilience around Houston, this looks like a good one to have on the calendar. Worth checking out and registering.

The things we learn on visits to our friends in the Canberra Business Community never cease to amaze. Such as when we paid a visit to Business Review Group where they explained in great detail that Australia is entering one of the largest nation building and capability investment periods in its history and that delivering that capability will require experienced people who can operate in highly regulated, security conscious and technically complex environments, across project delivery, engineering, commercial, governance, ICT and business support to government and industry organisations delivering nationally significant programs more than a financial investment to meet those demands. Learn more about Business Review Group and its capability on Gateway by ICN: https://lnkd.in/gAjj8W3D Find out more about how we showcase ACT Businesses through the Canberra Business Challenge here: https://lnkd.in/gBtMHZ5f And if you want to get your business seen, get your profile up on Gateway by ICN today! - https://lnkd.in/gJNXtbT

TransPerfect Media Poland has earned the Trusted Partner Network's Gold Star Shield, the highest security designation a studio can hold in the industry's content-protection framework.   For our clients, it means content moving through this site meets the same security bar set by the major studios and streamers TPN was built to protect.   #BoutiqueMeetsGlobalScale #ContentSecurity #TPN

We continue our STE:Fest Public Service STE Excellence Award (EA) feature series, spotlighting projects recognised for delivering innovative STE solutions and impactful outcomes for citizens and communities. --- "Crisis & Incident Management C3 System (CIMS) Capability for the Whole-of-Government" by DSTA, Ministry of Home Affairs Singapore and Singapore Civil Defence Force demonstrates how a unified platform can transform the way agencies coordinate during major incidents and national crises. 🚨 When major incidents unfold, swift and coordinated responses across agencies are critical. DSTA, MHA and SCDF developed CIMS, a first-of-its-kind common platform enabling Whole-of-Government (WOG) agencies to plan, monitor and respond to major incidents and national crises effectively. Built through close collaboration with 39 agencies, CIMS integrates over 300 data sources to streamline information sharing and enhance cross-agency coordination. 🤝 #STEFest2026 #PublicServiceSTE #Innovation #Science #Technology #Engineering

What is Grey Space? In national security, the grey zone is the contested space between peace and war- where the decisive moves are made before conflict ever breaks into the open. GovCon has its own grey space: the ground between an opportunity identification and an award. Most people think you win by writing a good proposal. You don't. The proposal is necessary of course, but by the time the RFP drops, the outcome is largely set. It's decided upstream, in the positioning, qualification, go/no-go, and capture work most teams rush past. And it's a cycle, not a finish line. You work the grey space to win. Then you execute- and delivery carries you into the next pursuit stronger. The win isn't the summit. It's a waypoint. Eight layers. One cycle. Grey Space operates in all of it. Welcome to the grey space.