France, Ukraine
Avisa co-founder Arnaud Dassier's tribulations in Ukraine

France
Kroll investigative division in Paris still looking for a new boss

The sudden departure of the head of Kroll's investigative division in Paris, Louis-David Magnien, has an air of déjà-vu, just under two years after the departure of his predecessor.

France, United Kingdom, United States
UK fund to inject capital into Forward Global

British investment fund Bridgepoint Capital is to acquire a stake in the corporate intelligence company in a deal that is expected to be signed off in the coming weeks.

The Tech Times
Dataflow eyes UK, Claude Revel at ChapsVision, AGIS in Chile, Forward Global and Airbus win EDA tenders

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT, with a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

Bassano del GrappaDataflow Security sets sights on British intelligence market

ParisChapsVision boost ethics committee with Claude Revel

SantiagoAGIS eyes Chile

BrusselsForward Global and Airbus team up for EDA's C5ISTAR contract

Ukraine
Buntar Aerospace at vanguard of Ukraine's ISR

The company is testing its Rebel-1 tactical drone that relies on artificial intelligence and has already caught the eye of some of Kyiv's NATO partners.

France, Ukraine
Forum InCyber takes on lead role in Ukrainian cyber cooperation

Despite being cold-shouldered by the French government, corporate intelligence group Forward Global, which organises France's Forum InCyber (ex-FIC) cybersecurity event, is to help Ukraine set up its own cyber forum.

France, United States
Forward Global, ex-Avisa Partners, looks for fresh cash

Matthieu Creux, chair of the advisory now going by the name of Forward Global, would like to secure a new credit line to fund the company's development. Due diligence seems to be on the cards, after a taxing 2022-2023 period.

Spotlight | France
Between Avisa and French intelligence services, it's complicated

Negative media attention on Avisa Partners, Matthieu Creux's corporate intelligence and influence firm, illustrates the extent of French government ambivalence towards the company.

Spotlight | Europe, Russia, Ukraine
Tallinn, rear base for Ukrainian cyber companies at war

Several of the local firms Kyiv has put to use on its cyber front line with Russia, such as Cyber Unit Technologies and Hacken, are registered in Estonia. The Ukrainian vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov is responsible for overseeing procedural and legal matters.