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By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie What to do before & after a Cyber breach – the basics: What are cyber-attacks and there potential impact:  An attack typically involves a deliberate entry by a 3rd party into a computer system with malicious intent. The attacker aims to identify and exploit […]

By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie Thanks mainly to the COVID pandemic, Microsoft Teams has seen a rapid rise in people logging in each day with it now boasting over 270 million monthly active users globally. Microsoft Teams is the newest target for hackers as ‘malicious executable files’ are being dropped under […]

By David Webb, Managing Director, Valkyrie It’s St. Patrick’s Day today (17th March) and friends and colleagues will no doubt be getting together to celebrate in style. It’s an opportunity to have some fun at the pub with drinks likely to be in full flow. Whilst having a good night out will be at the forefront […]

By David Webb, Managing Director, Valkyrie Before the leaves return to the trees, here at Valkyrie, we are fortunate to be able to see into the gardens in Belgrave Square. Squares are one of the defining features of London. Like other European cities, London has its grand civic spaces, but no other city has developed the garden […]

Plan for the unexpected and always have a plan B We grow up – inevitably – with a strong attachment to a plan A, that is, an idea of how our lives will go and what we need to do to achieve our particular set of well-defined goals. But experience tells us we should always have […]

By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie Another busy weekend for the Valkyrie team – large central London office TSCM bug sweep plus building security assessment and a trip to Twickenham (England v’s Ireland) with a Client – shame about the result!   If we can be of assistance E:  security@valkyrie.co.uk  |  […]

Fake news! Fake news refers to deliberate untruths, or stories that contain some truth but which aren’t completely accurate, by accident or design. Some people also claim that truthful stories are ‘fake news’, just because they don’t agree with them. This can lead to the dangerous disregarding of vital advice. The internet and social media […]

By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie Another busy week here at VALKYRIE (GB) LIMITED – Several tasking completed including a London based TSCM/bug sweep for a client – the house had recently been renovated with the family planning to move in shortly. They tasked us with a full security audit of the […]

Here at Valkyrie we are very lucky to have our offices in Belgrave Square.  Our Managing Director, Dave Webb, enjoys running around Hyde Park and took this photo on his run. If you’re in town and fancy a brew, please pop in to see us – we are always pleased to see people. 15 Belgrave […]

The attached image gives examples of the fantastic publications Valkyrie have appeared in during the last 12 months.  Today, is International Women’s Day and here at Valkyrie we would like to give a special shout out to Michelle Johnson, the Director of Editorial at Vantage Media and Editor at Tempus Magazine.  Thank you, Michelle for […]

By Matthew Newton, Director of Investigations and Crisis Response, Valkyrie The rise of home rental services such as Airbnb has been swift in changing the way we holiday but there is a potential sinister side too. Multiple Airbnb travellers have reported finding hidden cameras in their holiday rentals. Under Airbnb rules, hosts must disclose if they are actively […]

By Matthew Newton, Director of Investigations and Crisis Response, Valkyrie Recently, here at Valkyrie, we had a call from a client who thought they were about to be a victim of cuckooing.  Cuckooing is a form of crime, termed by the police, in which drug dealers take over the home of a vulnerable person in order to use […]

By Matthew Newton, Director of Investigations and Crisis Response, Valkyrie In this image, we are conducting refresher training on how to seize, audit and store exhibits often referred to as ‘the evidence chain’.  One of the main factors for losing cases in the courts is due to mishandling or not being thorough with the audit […]

In 1999, I was the first police officer in the UK to successfully get an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) through the courts to a conviction.  Since then, ASBOs and the term ASBO is within our conversations and society.  Below is more information on antisocial behaviour. What is antisocial behaviour? There are three main categories for […]

Following on from my close protection article on 6th January this year, and before I started to work for Valkyrie, I had a stint of living on the Isle of Wight. The local newspaper, The Isle of Wight County Press, asked to write an article about my time living and working with Sir Michael Caine, here […]