In the run-up to its operation to truck in Iranian fuel to help ease Lebanon's energy crisis, Hezbollah took stock of which organisations and businesses to supply. It even contacted entities that it does not control, some of which are close to French interests. [...]
Swiss company Jihad Analytics, which was set up by a former employee of the French armed forces ministry, aims to keep jihadist organisations under surveillance by using the open source data they put out. It will attempt to carve out a niche for itself on a jihadism-focused open source intelligence (OSINT) market, where there is already strong competition. [...]
In an unprecedented move for a former Japanese intelligence chief, in August, a month after leaving office Shigeru Kitamura opened his own consultancy, Kitamura Economic Security. He will focus his services on economic protection - a growing concern among Japanese businesses. [...]
After having long kept its distance from the rest of France's cybersecurity community, Tehtris has decided to open up by creating Ecosystem, a partnership programme aimed mainly at companies working closely with French public bodies. [...]
As it continues to iron out the details of its mass data analysis programme Artemis, France's military intelligence service has turned its attention to a telephony data analytics programme developed by Deveryware. [...]
Still hoping to get its interception (SIGINT) constellation into orbit in time for future major British space contracts, Britain's Horizon Technologies recently appointed former GCHQ chief Neil Kempson to advise it. [...]
Britain's commandos are counting on Geollect, a startup favoured by the defence ministry, to help them improve on intelligence processing by drawing on techniques used in the private sector. #UK https://t.co/JQVmihtmAQ
Xrator, founded by former cyber specialists from the French defence ministry, is bidding to establish a foothold in #Singapore, where the government is rethinking its cyber defence. https://t.co/vGK0BwfuSc
Washington-based business intelligence firm Forward Risk active in politics has offered its services to the non-for-profit organisation Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition. #USA https://t.co/GSgqm0uMF4
