There has been a lull in podcast related activity despite having some great guests in the pipeline. The delay has been caused by Covid related activity. Last year I spent several months working with the Army Reserve in support of the effort to counter Covid-19, spending time working on the testing programme before moving into a regional headquarters.

When I went back to running Watchword Security full time I was asked if I could help with Covid-19 testing. As a business we have subsequently put our experience to good use by helping colleges and businesses establish their testing plans.

As a result, this episode is completely different to what we normally do, I spent time talking to Penny Wycherley, the Principal and CEO of our first Covid testing client, Highbury College, and also the Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North Penny Mordaunt.

Penny Mordaunt is Paymaster General & Cabinet Office Minister, she has previous held roles in Government as International Development Secretary and as the Defence Secretary.

In this episode we talk about how the project came to be and how things have gone so far.

You can see more about what we have been doing in support of Covid-19 testing at watchwordsecurity.co.uk