How can quick wins, not quick fixes, support housing providers’ long-term digital transformation strategies? The government has announced plans to pass the Social Housing (Regulation) bill by this summer. The intention of the legislation is to reform the housing sector in order to protect tenants’ lives, in part by compelling housing providers to address problems…
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Infrastructure
Smartline – Cornwall’s digital test-bed
For six years, the Smartline project has been researching how digital technology can help people live healthier, happier lives. Sensors in 300 social housing properties in Cornwall have been monitoring environmental conditions inside homes, while surveys and questionnaires with customers have been building a richer picture of their lives. The project is funded by the…
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Platform Housing’s IoT deployment with Switchee
Platform Housing is installing Switchee devices in its residents’ homes. The housing provider wants to use Switchee’s IoT-based smart thermostats to provide real-time data and analytics about the performance of its housing stock. The use of Switchee data and its use in the housing provider’s core business applications (via API) will help to inform decisions…
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Free cyber-defence tools from NCSC
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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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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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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