All UK social housing providers have been offered free cybersecurity services from the government’s National Cyber Security Centre, supported by Housemark. UK-registered housing providers and ALMOs can now sign up for a range of tools as part of the NCSC’s ‘Active Cyber Defence’ programme. Housemark’s information security forum worked with the NCSC (part of GCHQ)…
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091 - January 2023
Learning from history
In November 2022, the coroner concluded that the death in 2020 of two-year-old Awaab Ishak was caused by prolonged exposure to mould in the family’s home. The problem had been reported to the family’s housing provider on many occasions but no action had been taken. No doubt, this has given all of us cause for…
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Grand Union Housing gets connected with Aico HomeLink
Grand Union Housing has begun the installation of Aico’s HomeLink Connected Home solution across its 12,500 properties. The HomeLink IoT-based solution, from alarms to environmental sensors, has a secure 2G network to the HomeLink portal, constantly monitoring fire and carbon monoxide events and indoor environmental conditions such as humidity, temperature and carbon dioxide. The real-time…
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The silences in the system: Predicting and preventing damp and mould
The combination of our mild, drizzly climate and aging housing stock comprises the perfect breeding ground for damp and mould. It will continue to exist even after the pre-1970s tower blocks and maisonettes have been replaced by modern designs. Even an energy-efficient modern home can suffer from damp and mould if it’s over-occupied, under-heated and…
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Looking back and to the future: Cyberthreats in social housing
I recently celebrated my 25th work anniversary at Sophos and so I have spent some time reflecting on how much the cyberthreat landscape has changed over the past 25 years. In 1997, after responding to an advert in the Oxford Times and joining Sophos as employee number 49, I initially worked at our global HQ…
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Hyde signs repairs contract with Totalmobile
Totalmobile has won a three-year contract with Hyde Group to extend the use of its field-service and dynamic scheduling software across the housing provider’s wider operations, including asset management, building safety, neighbourhoods and safer homes. Mark Batchelor, director of property services, Hyde Group, said, “When we first contracted with Totalmobile, we wanted a unified solution…
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