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# UDSS

[![Underwater view of a submarine cable resting on the ocean floor, overlaid with digital, glowing blue waveforms representing data transmission. The image conveys the concept of undersea telecommunications infrastructure and cyber connectivity.](https://www.universal-defence.com/hs-fs/hubfs/UDSS%20blog%20headers%20-%20Tobias%20Ellwood%20joins%20UDSS-2.png?width=365&name=UDSS%20blog%20headers%20-%20Tobias%20Ellwood%20joins%20UDSS-2.png) ](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/undersea-cable-sabotage-is-21st-century-siege-warfare)

## [Undersea Cable Sabotage Is 21st Century Siege Warfare](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/undersea-cable-sabotage-is-21st-century-siege-warfare)

Amid escalating threats to global undersea infrastructure, NATO is moving to establish a dedicated...

[![The Universal Defence and Security Solutions workshop on April 3rd aimed to invite fresh perspectives and innovative solutions from the UDSS membership to enhance the company's market presence.](https://www.universal-defence.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_0857.jpg?width=365&name=IMG_0857.jpg) ](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/udss-workshop-on-business-growth-and-collaboration)

## [UDSS Workshop on Business Growth and Collaboration](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/udss-workshop-on-business-growth-and-collaboration)

The Universal Defence and Security Solutions workshop on April 3rd aimed to invite fresh...

[![Chrissie Ross is putting her business growth and recruitment expertise to good use in the defence and security sector with UDSS and URIS.](https://www.universal-defence.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Chrissie%20Ross.jpeg?width=365&name=Chrissie%20Ross.jpeg) ](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/meet-the-team-chrissie-ross-udss-business-development-manager-and-uris-talent-acquisition-manager)

## [Meet the Team: Chrissie Ross, UDSS Business Development Manager and URIS Talent Acquisition Manager](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/meet-the-team-chrissie-ross-udss-business-development-manager-and-uris-talent-acquisition-manager)

**Chrissie Ross is putting her business growth and recruitment expertise to good use in the** **...**

[![](https://www.universal-defence.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WhatsApp_Image_2022-06-07_at_5-53-01_PM-jpeg.jpeg?width=365&name=WhatsApp_Image_2022-06-07_at_5-53-01_PM-jpeg.jpeg) ](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/udss-supports-guyana-defence-force)

## [UDSS Supports Guyana Defence Force](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/udss-supports-guyana-defence-force)

 UDSS members Martin Travers and Darren Robinson have delivered a highly successful 2-week...

[![Richard Barron interview with TRT World Now & BBC](https://www.universal-defence.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Richard%20Barron%20TRT%20World%20News.png?width=365&name=Richard%20Barron%20TRT%20World%20News.png) ](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/richard-barron-with-trt-world-now-bbc-ukraine-invasion)

## [UDSS Director, General Sir Richard Barron latest Ukraine analysis on TRT World Now & BBC News](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/richard-barron-with-trt-world-now-bbc-ukraine-invasion)

Russian forces have not been able to make the progress they intended to make says General Sir...

[![UDSS member James Magro, UDSS Director Phil Osborn, Maryna Levinchuk and UDSS Co-Chairman Peter Hewitt](https://www.universal-defence.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_8880.jpg?width=365&name=IMG_8880.jpg) ](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/udss-may-networking-event-1)

## [UDSS May Networking Event](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/udss-may-networking-event-1)

UDSS members were welcomed to the City of London Club earlier this week to network and catch-up on...

[![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/CAA2/production/_123747815_gettyimages-1233120752.jpg) ](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/united-states-is-increasingly-helping-ukraine-and-less-afraid-of-russia)

## [United States is increasingly helping Ukraine and less afraid of Russia](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/united-states-is-increasingly-helping-ukraine-and-less-afraid-of-russia)

**If at the beginning of the Russian invasion, the United States and its allies aimed at preserving...**

[![](https://www.universal-defence.com/hs-fs/hubfs/UDSS_Mar22/Yukon_sunset_2.jpeg?width=365&name=Yukon_sunset_2.jpeg) ](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/udss-director-set-for-yukon-charitable-expedition-2022)

## [UDSS Director set for Yukon Charitable Expedition 2022](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/udss-director-set-for-yukon-charitable-expedition-2022)

This summer UDSS Director of Recruitment Guy Denison-Smith will take to the waters of Canada to...

[![Martin Howard of UDSS considers what a supercharged national resilience strategy might look like and how embedded the internet is in all our lives](https://www.universal-defence.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DEFENCE.jpeg?width=365&name=DEFENCE.jpeg) ](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/resilience-is-the-new-black)

## [Resilience is the New Black](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/resilience-is-the-new-black)

The key feature of the Covid-19 pandemic is its ubiquity. Most crises short of total war are not...

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