Plans for a second Scottish Referendum on independence have been put on ice. First minister Nicola Sturgeon has categorically not dropped the idea of another vote, but said today that no legislation will be brought forward until autumn next year at the earliest. Given the pace at which these things proceed, that means no vote would happen until 2020 and by then it would likely be delayed until after the next scottish elections in 2021. The reset amounts to a setback for the ambitions of the snp, but its arguably also a retreat for the forces of change and disruption that have been dominating politics for so long. It was scotland that led the world into a new era of voter restlessness. A nationalist surge that saw snp Majority Rule in scotland and which paved the way for that Independence Referendum. Scotland has voted no in this referendum on independence. It was a defeat for independence but it came closer than anyone anticipated when it all started. Something had stirred and quickly
infrastructure, and we see it on government entities around the world. and so there really is no space that is significantly safe. and matt, how much more risk has been created by the fact that so many of us have continued to work from home in this post pandemic world? i m just wondering, surely that creates a lot more vulnerability for whoever employs us, whether it s companies, governments or other organisations? aaron, i think that s a really astute point. we used to have a physical perimeter around the office and the it organisations that do great work. they were able to try to lock down that physical perimeter. and now with hybrid work and work from home, we like to say identity is the new perimeter. and what that means is that we actually have to lock down the identities of individuals because we can t actually lock down the physical environment any more. how do you do that, matt?
been created by the fact that so many of us have continued to to work from home in this post pandemic world? i m just wondering surely that creates a lot more vulnerability for whoever employs us, whether it s companies, governments or other organisations. aaron, i think that s exactly a really astute point. and the idea here is that we used to have a physical perimeter around the office and the it organisations that do great work. they were able to try to lock down that physical perimeter. and now with hybrid work and work from home, we like to say identity is the new perimeter. and what that means is that we actually have to lock down the identities of individuals because we can t actually lock down the physical environment any more. how do you do that, matt? we have to understand what that identity has access to, so what privileges they have, and then make sure that every account, every user, can only access the critical systems and data that they really need.
on on on government entities around the world. and so there really is no space that is significantly safe. and matt, how much more risk has been created by the fact that so many of us have continued to to work from home in this post pandemic world? i m just wondering surely that creates a lot more vulnerability for whoever employs us, whether it s companies, governments or other organisations. aaron, i think that s exactly a really astute point. and the idea here is that we used to have a physical perimeter around the office and the it organisations that do great work. they were able to try to lock down that physical perimeter. and now with hybrid work and work from home, we like to say identity is the new perimeter. and what that means is that we actually have to lock down the identities of individuals because we can t actually lock down the physical environment any more. how do you do that, matt? we have to understand what that identity has access to, so what privileges they have,