Andrew Staniforth
Andrew Staniforth is Director of Innovation at Saher Europe, a security research and training consultancy operating at a global level. As a former Special Branch intelligence officer and counter-terrorism police detective, he has worked in 22 countries and supported missions of the United Nations Terrorism Prevention Branch. He has designed international multi-agency security exercise programmes, delivered counter-terrorism training and, as a Senior Research Fellow and Visiting Lecturer, he has held academic positions at leading UK research institutes. Andrew sits by invitation on numerous international research Advisory Boards and is an Expert Evaluator for the European Commission security research and innovation programmes for cyber security and disaster resilience. His new book, Counter-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Handbook, will be published by Artech House later this year.
More content by Andrew Staniforth
Transforming Intelligence in the Digital Age: Next Generation OSINT
July 13 by Andrew Staniforth
There has been a a rise in the prevalence of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and its application by security forces against a background of conflict, insecurity, the resurgence of violence in trouble...
COVID-19: Game Changer for International Security
April 21 by Andrew Staniforth
The concept of national and international security today, is very different to what it was just several weeks ago, let alone ten, fifty or a hundred years ago.
COVID-19 – Pandemic Preparedness
April 09 by Andrew Staniforth
The Coronavirus crisis has created a new genre of pandemic preparedness.
Climate Emergency – Military Aid to Civil Power
February 27 by Andrew Staniforth
The military accept their responsibility to support civil authorities in time of need but the growing incidents attributed to the climate emergency indicates that armed forces will be routinely re-dir...
Organised Crime and Grey Zone Conflict
February 25 by Andrew Staniforth
The fault lines exposed by OCGs human trafficking operations through the frictionless borders of European member states can be exploited as part of grey zone methodology for the movement of subversive...
Countering Drones - An Evolving Cybersecurity Requirement
February 13 by Andrew Staniforth
Drones are becoming a global security challenge, but there is an increasing need to conceptualise the threat in the context of cybersecurity, too. Defence iQ explores the use of drones as a cyber weap...
Transformation in Defence: A Strategic Approach to Innovation
January 07 by Andrew Staniforth
Transformation in Defence – A strategic Approach to Innovation is required reading from which all in Defence will emerge with a greater understanding of how the adoption of innovative frameworks wil...
